Wisteria Blossom
Left (Win)
おそくさくふぢのはなゆゑいつしかとわれさへまつにかかりぬるかな
osoku saku
fuji no hana yue
itsushika to
ware sae matsu ni
kakarinuru kana | Late to bloom are
The wisteria flowers, so
Eagerly
Have I awaited for them to
Have dangled down! |
19[i]
Right
ちることもうつるもしらじのどかなるまつにかかれるむらさきのふぢ
chiru koto mo
utsuru mo shiraji
nodoka naru
matsu ni kakareru
murasaki no fuji | That t’will scatter and
Fade, both, unknowing,
Gently
From the pines hanging is
The violet wisteria… |
20
[i] Also included in Saigū nyōgo kishi joō uta’awase (19).
Topic unknown.
手もふれでをしむかひなく藤の花そこにうつれば浪ぞをりける
te mo Furede
wosimu kaFinaku
Fudi no Fana
soko ni utureba
nami zo worikeru | Intangible, they are, but
Regretting it is pointless:
Wisteria blooms
Reflected on the riverbed,
Picked only by waves. |
Mitsune
When a wisteria blossom banquet was held at the Hall of Flying Fragrances during the reign of the Engi Emperor.
うすくこくみだれてさける藤の花ひとしき色はあらじとぞ思ふ
usuku koku
midarete sakeru
Fudi no Fana
Fitosiki iro Fa
arazi to zo omoFu | Both deep and pale
Blended blooming
These wisteria blossoms
Have equals in hue
Nowhere at all, I feel. |
The Ononomiya Grand Minister 小野宮太政大臣
[Fujiwara no Saneyori 藤原実頼 (900-970)]
In a hundred poem sequence.
夏にこそさきかかりけれふぢの花松にとのみも思ひけるかな
natu ni koso
sakikakarikere
Fudi no Fana
matu ni to nomi mo
omoFikeru kana | In summer, above all,
Do bloom
Wisteria flowers
Upon the pine is all I can do
Or so I thought! |
Shigeyuki
伊佐左可尓 念而来之乎 多祜乃浦尓 開流藤見而 一夜可経
いささかに おもひてこしを たこのうらに さけるふぢみて ひとよへぬべし
isasaka ni
omopitekosi wo
tako no ura ni
sakeru pudi mite
pitoyo penubesi | Just for a moment
Did I think to come, but
At the Bay of Tako
I see blooming wisteria, and
Must pass a night here. |
Secretary Kume no asomi Hironawa
判官久米朝臣広縄
Wisteria Blooms
むらさきに色あかりゆくふぢのはなこずゑたかくもなりにけるかな
murasaki ni
iro akariyuku
fuji no hana
kozue takaku mo
narinikeru kana | In violet’s
Brightening hues
The wisteria blooms
High upon the treetops,
Indeed! |
20
Left (Tie)
かけてのみみつつぞしのぶむらさきにいくしほそめしふぢのはなぞも
kakete nomi
mitsutsu zo shinobu
murasaki ni
iku shiosomeshi
fuji no hana zo mo | Hanging there do I
Ever gaze with wonder on
Their violet hues—
How many dippings dyed
The wisteria blossom so? |
Mitsune
33
Right
みなそこにしづめるはなのかげみればはるのふかくもなりにけるかな
minasoko ni
shizumeru hana no
kage mireba
haru no fukaku mo
narinikeru kana | When in the water’s depths
Sunken blossoms’
Shapes I see,
How deep the springtime
Has become! |
Korenori
34
Left (Win)
むさしのにいろやかよへるふぢのはなわかむらさきにそめてみゆらむ
musashino ni
iro ya kayoeru
fuji no hana
wakamurasaki ni
somete miyuramu | On Musashi Plain
Are their colours blending?
The wisteria blossom has
The gromwell with violet
Dyed, it seems… |
29
Right
あかずしてすぎゆくはるをよぶこどりよびかへしつときてもつげなむ
akazushite
sugiyuku haru o
yobukodori
yobikaeshitsu to
kite mo tsugenamu | Unsated by
The passage of spring,
The songbird
Has called it back—that
Is what I would have him announce! |
Okikaze 30
On wisteria by a pond.
池水に梢の藤のかげみえて汀はかはるなみのいろかな
ikemizu ni
kozue no fuji no
kage miete
migiwa wa kawaru
nami no iro kana | In the pond waters
Wisteria in the treetops
Shape I see;
At the water’s edge changing
Shades among the waves! |
Ton’a (1289-1372)
頓阿
Composed when people stopped to view the wisteria blooming at his house.
わが宿にさけるふぢなみ立帰すぎがてにのみ人の見る覧
wa ga yado ni
sakeru Fudinami
tatikaFeri
sugigate ni nomi
Fito no miruran | At my house
Bloom wisteria waves,
Breaking and returning;
Simply impossible to pass by
Folk find the sight, it seems. |
Mitsune
'Simply moving and elegant'
