Left (Win)
おほぞらは梅のにほひに霞つゝくもりもはてぬ春の夜の月
| ōzora wa ume no nioi ni kasumitsutsu kumori mo hatenu haru no yo no tsuki |
The heavens with The scent of plum Are hazed; Not with cloud is covered This spring night’s moon. |
3
Right
こゝろあてにわくともわかじ梅の花散かふ里の春の淡雪
| kokoroate ni waku tomo wakaji ume no hana chirikau sato no haru no awayuki |
A guess Could not tell between The plum blossom Scattered round my dwelling and Spring snow spume. |
4
In the Second Month of the Fourth Year of Kenpô (1216), I selected and ordered two hundred of my own meagre works. In the Sixth Month of the following year, I took the order apart and rearranged it somewhat. In the Seventh Year of Kenpô, I secretly presented it to His Majesty, and received an Imperial judgement upon it.
Left (Tie)
春日野にさくや梅が枝雪まより今は春べと若菜つみつゝ
| kasugano ni saku ya ume ga e yukima yori ima wa harube to wakana tsumitsutsu |
On Kasuga field, O, branches of blooming plum blossom! From the spaces in the snow, ‘Now Spring is come!’ Do we pluck fresh greens. |
1
Right
消なくに又やみ山をうづむらん若菜つむ野も淡雪ぞ降
| kienakuni mata ya miyama o uzumuran wakana tsumu no mo awayuki zo furu |
Has it not gone, and yet The mountains’ depths Does bury? Upon the fresh-green picking fields A spume of snow falls on… |
2
When the Regent and Grand Minister was a Colonel, he went to the Grand Shrine as an Imperial Messenger, Sada’ie accompanied him and composed this at the Outer Shrine.
契ありてけふみやがはのゆふかづらながきよまでもかけてたのまん
| chigiri arite kyô miyagawa no yû kazura nagaki yo made mo kakete tanoman |
It must be fate- On this day by the sacred river’s Barken garlands, ‘For as long as they should Hang there,’ is my plea. |
Fujiwara no Sada’ie
藤原定家
By the painting of Ōyodo, on a screen in the Saishō Hall of the Four Heavenly Kings.
おほよどのうらにかりほすみるめだにかすみにたへてかへるかりがね
| ôyodo no ura ni karihosu mirume dani kasumi ni taete kaeru kari ga ne |
On Ōyodo Beach, laid out to dry is The algae-just a glimpse, as Obscured by the haze The geese call, homeward bound. |
Sada’ie
定家
On the spirit of a tranquil dwelling, from a hundred poem sequence commanded by the Monk-Prince Shukaku.
わくらばにとはれし人もむかしにてそれより庭のあとはたえにき
| wakuraba ni towareshi hito mo mukashi nite sore yori niwa no ato wa taeniki |
But rarely Did he visit-now ‘Tis all in the past, and Since then in the garden Every single trace has gone. |
Sada’ie
定家
When Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa was at the Seika-ji, Sada’ie went as the messenger accompanying the tribute-horses.
さがの山ちよのふるみちあとゝめてまたつゆわくるもち月のこま
| saga no yama chi yo no furu michi ato tomete mata tsuyu wakuru mochizuki no koma |
On the mount of Saga For a thousand generations the ancient ways Have left their mark, Once more forging through the dew comes A mount from Mochizuki. |
Sada’ie
定家
On the moon by the sea, from the Poetry Office Poetry Contest.
もしほくむ袖の月かげをのづからよそにあかさぬすまのうら人
| moshio kumu sode no tsuki kage onozu kara yoso ni akasanu suma no urabito |
Scooping seaweed-salt, The moonlight on my sleeves Naturally Does not brighten the distant Folk on Suma beach. |
Sada’ie
定家
Composed at the Imperial Bodyguards’ Headquarters, when the gentlemen of the court went blossom viewing at the palace, after the new year had been here for some time.
春をへてみゆきになるゝ花のかげふりゆく身をもあはれとや思
| haru o hete miyuki ni naruru hana no kage furiyuku mi o mo aware to ya omou |
Spring passes and The royal visit’s here – a blizzard Of blossom shading, Falling – and me ageing – Do you think of me kindly? |
Fujiwara no Sada’ie
藤原定家