Left (Tie).
早苗より穂にいづるまで守る田をかりにのみこそ人は見えけれ
| sanaFe yori Fo ni iduru made mamoru ta wo kari ni nomi koso Fito Fa miekere | From seedlings Until ripened ears appear, Warding the paddies, Only briefly, then, Can folk be seen! |
Anonymous
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Right.
秋の田に並みよる稲は山川に水ひきうゑし早苗なりけり
| aki no ta ni nami yoru ine Fa yamagaFa ni midu Fiki’uwesi sanaFe narikeri | In the autumn fields Waves run through the ripening rice; From a mountain stream Drawn up, the waters Seedlings have become… |
Yori’ie
頼家
14
荒雄らを来むか来じかと飯盛りて門に出で立ち待てど来まさず
| arawora wo komu ka kozi ka to ipimorite kado ni idetati matedo komasazu |
O, Arao Will you return, or will you not? I pile high the rice And stand outside our door, but There is no sign of you… |
いとどしく頼まるるかな最上川しばしばかりのいなと見つれば
| itodoshiku tanomaruru kana mogamigawa shibashi bakari no ina to mitsureba |
O, how I am Beseeched! On Mogami River For just a little while The rice – your refusal – will fill my sight, then… |
Fujiwara no Shigeyuki (? – 995)
藤原相如
This poem is also no. 17 in Shigeyuki’s personal collection, Shigeyuki-shū .
Left.
秋風にそよぐ田の面のいねがてにまつ明方の初雁の聲
| aki kaze ni soyogu ta no mo no ine ga te ni matsu akekata no hatsukari no koe |
The autumn wind Rustles o’er the fields Of rice; sleepless I await the dawn’s First goose-call. |
65
Right (Win)
生駒山あらしも秋の色に吹手染の糸のよるぞかなしき
| ikoma yama arashi mo aki no iro ni fuku tezome no ito no yoru zo kanashiki |
Upon Ikoma Mountain The storm wind with autumn’s longing Hues is gusting; Hand-dyed thread Twining in the night is sad, indeed. |
66
On harvesting rice.
よの中は稲かる頃か草の庵
| yo no naka wa ine karu koro ka kusa no io |
Out in the world Is it rice harvest time, I wonder, From within my hut of grass. |
(1685-87)
On the new year.
春立や新年ふるき米五升
| haru tatsu ya shinnen furuki kome go shô |
Here comes spring! A new year, with old Rice-just enough! |
(ca 1684)
Topic unknown.
いその神ふるのわさだをうちかへしうらみかねたる春のくれかな
| iso no kami furu no wasada o uchikaeshi uramikanetaru haru no kure kana |
In Isonokami, Furu’s fields of new grown rice I will not haste to pluck; O, how my hate builds up For the end of Spring. |
The Daughter of Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office [Fujiwara no] Toshinari