Composed when she was requested for a Spring poem by some courtiers during the reign of Retired Emperor Ichijō (980-1011; r. 986-1011).
み吉野は春のけしきにかすめども結ぼゝれたる雪の下草
miyosino Fa
Fair Yoshino is
Murasaki Shikibu
For a woman he had been visiting for many years; when snow was falling:
三吉野の雪にこもれる山人もふる道とめて音をや泣くらん
miyosino no
In fair Yoshino
Minamoto no Kage’akira
Her reply:
我が宿とたのむ吉野に君し入らば同じかざしを插しこそはせめ
wa ga yado to
Here too,
Ise
Sent to a woman.
ひたすらに厭ひ果てぬる物ならば吉野の山に行方知られじ
Fitasura ni
So completely
The Posthumous Grand Minister, [Fujiwara no Tokihira] (871-909)
Topic unknown.
流れては妹背の山のなかにおつる吉野河のよしや世中
nagarete Fa
Flowing on forever;But this is the world of men .
Anonymous
Sent to someone in Yamato.
こえぬまはよしのの山のさくら花人づてにのみききわたるかな
koenu ma Fa
While I have not gone
Tsurayuki
Topic unknown.
吉野河いはきりとほし行く水のおとにはたてじこひはしぬとも
yosinogaFa
The river Yoshino,
Anonymous
Topic unknown.
吉野河いは浪たかく行く水のはやくぞ人を思ひそめてし
yosinogaFa
At Yoshino River
Ki no Tsurayuki
A poem composed for the four seasons screen behind the guest of honour when the Principal Handmaid celebrated the fortieth birthday of the Fujiwara Major Captain of the Right (Winter):
白雪のふりしく時はみよしのの山した風に花ぞちりける
sira yuki no
White snowflakes
Tsurayuki
Composed on seeing snow fall when he had gone to the province of Yamato.
あさぼらけありあけの月と見るまでによしののさとにふれるしらゆき
asaborake
Dawning’s
Sakanoue no Korenori
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'Simply moving and elegant'