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あき風の吹き裏がへす葛の葉のうらみても猶うらめしき哉
| akikaze no Fuki uragaFesu kuzu no Fa no uramitemo naFo urameshiki kana |
The autumn wind, Gusting, reveals the underside Of trailing creepers’ leaves; Catching a glimpse into your turncoat heart How bitter I do feel! |
Sent to Ise, in condolence for the loss of her child.
思ふより言ふは疎かに成ぬればたとへて言はん事の葉ぞなき
| omoFu yori iFu Fa oroka ni narinureba tatoFete iFan koto no Fa zo naki |
Beside my feelings Speech pales And so To say how I feel for you I have no words at all. |
When there was no response after he had been talking to a woman whom he had met upon going to Inari.
稻荷山社の數を人問はゞつれなき人をみつと答へむ
| inari yama yasiro no kazu wo Fito toFaba turenaki Fito wo mitu to kotaFemu |
On the mount of Inari How many are the shrines, I asked her, and She, coldhearted, ‘ See free for yourself!’ replied! |
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引き寄せばたゞには寄らで春駒の綱引するぞなはたつと聞く
| Fiki yoseba tada ni Fa yorade Faru koma no tuna Fiki suru zo naFa tatu to kiku |
Though I would draw near It is difficult to do; A spring-born colt Pulls back and forth upon the rein Until the cord does break-and word is out, I hear. |
From a folding screen at the Ninna period (885-889) court: a woman bathing in a river on the Seventh Day of the Seventh Month.
水のあやをおりたちて着む脱ぎちらしたなばたつめに衣かす夜は
| midu no aya wo oritatite kimu nugitirasi tanabatatume ni koromo kasu yo Fa |
The pattern of the waters Is woven in your garb; Strip it off And to the Weaver Maid Lend your dress tonight. |
Sent to his younger sister, the Junior Consort, when he was removed from his position.
うき世には門させりとも見えなくになどか我が身の出でがてにする
| uki yo ni Fa kado saseri to mo mienakuni nado ka wa ga mi no idegate ni suru |
Within this cruel world The gate is locked Though I cannot see it; Why is it that I Cannot get out? |
When chrysanthemums were called for at the Ninna-ji, with a command that a poem be attached to them, he composed this and presented it.
秋をおきて時こそ有けれ菊の花うつろふからに色のまされば
| aki wo okite toki koso arikere kiku no Fana uturoFu kara ni iro no masareba |
Quite apart from Autumn, There is another season for Chrysanthemum blooms For as they fade, The colours become finer still. |
Taira no Sadafun
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今よりはうゑてだに見じ花すすきほにいづる秋はわびしかりけり
| ima yori Fa uFete dani mizi Fana susuki Fo ni iduru aki Fa wabisikarikeri |
Henceforth Were I to plant them, I’d not look upon Miscanthus flowers in Autumn, when the ears are swelling; How lonely… |
Taira no Sadafun
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Composed during the reign of Emperor Uda when men from the Chamberlain’s Office were composing poems when about to return from Sagano, where they had gone to view the flowers.
花にあかでなにかへるらむをみなへしおほかるのべにねなましものを
| Fana ni akade nani kaFeruran wominaFesi oFokaru nobe ni nenamasi mono wo |
Still unsated by the blooms, So why return home? The maidenflowers Fill this meadow: Here’s where I would sleep! |
Taira no Sadafun
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