ほととぎすきくとはなしにたけくまの松にぞ夏の日数へぬべき
| hototogisu kiku to wa nashi ni takekuma no matsu ni zo natsu no hikazu henubeki | O, cuckoo, I’ve not heard you, while Beside Takekuma’s Pines in summer Have I passed a number of days. |
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Shigeyuki-shū 199
One of Takekuma’s pines had withered.
たけくまのまつも一本かれにけりかぜにかたぶくこゑのさびしさ
| takekuma no matu mo Fito moto karenikeri kaze ni katabuku kowe no sabisisa | At Takekuma A single pine Has withered; Brushed by the breeze Loneliness is given voice… |
GSS XVII: 1241
When he had gone to Michinoku as Governor, on seeing that one of the pines at Takekuma had withered, had a sapling planted to replace it; on returning to the same province later, after finishing his posting, he saw the tree he had planted once more.
栽ゑし時契りやしけんたけくまの松をふたたびあひみつるかな
| uwesi toki tigiri ya siken takekuma no matu wo Futatabi aFimituru kana | When I planted you, Did I make a vow, perhaps? That Takekuma’s Pine once more I would encounter!’ |
Lord Fujiwara no Motoyoshi
藤原元善
Sanekata Shū 279
At about the time I was made Governor of Michinoku, and was about to withdraw from court, as the pine torches were late in being lit, Middle Captain Michinobu (with Sanekata) said:
松まつほどぞ久しかりける
| matu matu Fodo zo Fisasikarikeru | Awaiting, our pining time Has been long, indeed… |
And Kodaigimi:
みちのくにほど遠ければ武隈の
| mitinoku ni Fodo towokereba takekuma no | For Michinoku Is faraway as The pine of Takekuma! |