| 26 | KW000026 |  | 貫之 | 青柳の／いとよりかくる／春しもそ／みたれて花の／ほころひにける＠ | the soft green threads of / disheveled willows twisted / spun taut in spring / unraveling masses of blooms / rent open in abandon / |
| 27 | KW000027 | | 遍昭 | あさ緑／いとよりかけて／白露を／玉にもぬける／春の柳か＠ | along slender threads / of delicate twisted green / translucent dewdrops / strung as small fragile jewels-- / new willow webs in spring / |
| 28 | KW000028 |  | 読人不知 | もゝちとり／さえつる春は／物ことに／あらたまれとも／我そふりゆく＠ | the spring caroling / of myriad chirping birds / awakens each year / all is rejuvenated / while I alone grow older / |
| 29 | KW000029 | | 読人不知 | 遠近の／たつきもしらぬ／山中に／おほつかなくも／よふことり哉＠ | now far now near there / in the mountains a songbird / warbles his tune / tentatively will she ever / hear these love notes on the wind / |
| 30 | KW000030 | | 躬恒 | 春くれは／鴈かへるなり／＊白雪の／みちゆきふりに／ことやつてまし／＊３白雲のイ＠ | now spring is here flocks / of geese fly northward traveling / the road through white clouds-- / would that I could send with them / a message through the skies / |
| 31 | KW000031 |  | 伊勢 | 春霞／たつを見捨て／ゆく鴈は／花なき里に／すみやならへる＠ | as patches of warm / spring mist float upward fickle / wild geese forsake us-- / are they accustomed only / to a village without blossoms / |
| 32 | KW000032 | | 読人不知 | おりつれは／袖こそ匂へ／梅花／ありとやこゝに／鴬のなく＠ | plucking an armful / of flowers clinging fragrance / perfumed trailing sleeves-- / a thrush warbles seeking plum / blossoms promised by the scent / |
| 33 | KW000033 | | 読人不知 | 色よりも／かこそあはれと／おもほゆれ／たか袖ふれし／やとの梅そも＠ | more than the color / of the flower the fragrance / delights my senses-- / whose scented sleeve brushed against / the plum blossoms near my house / |
| 34 | KW000034 | | 読人不知 | やとちかく／梅花うへし／あちきなく／まつ人のかに／あやまたれけり＠ | never again will / I plant a plum tree near my / house for I mistook / the scent for the perfumed robes / of the one for whom I wait / |
| 35 | KW000035 | | 読人不知 | 梅花／たちよるはかり／ありしより／人のとかむる／かにそしみける＠ | so beguiling were / they I could not help but draw / nearer their perfume / drenched my robes in plum scent / only to draw her reproach / |
| 36 | KW000036 | | 常 | 鴬の／かさにぬふてふ／梅花／おりてかさゝん／老かくるやと＠ | they say the thrush weaves / a rain hat of flowering / plum perhaps I too / may pluck a spray and make a / garland to conceal my age / |
| 37 | KW000037 | | 素性 | よそにのみ／あはれとそ見し／梅花／あかぬ色かは／おりて成けり＠ | the charm of blossoms / on the plum trees enchants me / but it is when I / pluck a spray that form and scent / blend in overpowering beauty / |
| 38 | KW000038 | | 友則 | 君ならて／たれにかみせん／梅花／色をも香をも／しる人そしる＠ | my lord if not to / you to whom should I show these / blossoms of the plum-- / for you understand the joys / of their fragrance and splendor / |
| 39 | KW000039 | | 貫之 | 梅花／匂ふ春へは／くらふ山／やみにこゆれと／しるくそ有ける＠ | though I cross in the / darkness of night the spring scent / of plum blossoms on / Mount Kurabu vividly / informs us of their presence / |
| 40 | KW000040 | | 躬恒 | 月夜には／それとも見えす／梅花／かをたつねてそ／しるへかりける＠ | on this moonlit night / phantasms in deep shadows-- / tracing that sweet scent / on the air I may know where / the plum blossoms lie hidden / |
| 41 | KW000041 | | 躬恒 | 春のよの／やみはあやなし／梅花／色こそ見えね／かやはかくるゝ＠ | how foolish is the / darkness on this spring night-- / though it conceals the / plum blossoms' charm and color / it cannot hide their perfume / |
| 42 | KW000042 | | 貫之 | 人はいさ／心もしらす／故郷は／花そむかしの／香に匂ひける＠ | the state of human / hearts I cannot know and yet / the blossoms of this / familiar village still greet / me with the scent of years past / |
| 43 | KW000043 | | 伊勢 | 春ことに／なかるゝ川を／花とみて／おられぬ水に／袖やぬれ南＠ | each spring it seems I / shall confuse reflections in / the flowing stream with / flowers and again I'll drench / my sleeves seeking to pluck those boughs / |
| 44 | KW000044 | | 伊勢 | 年をへて／花のかゝみと／なる水は／ちりかゝるをや／曇といふらん＠ | are we to call them / clouded stream waters where for / many years we saw / the blossoms mirrored now are / hidden by fallen petals / |
| 45 | KW000045 | | 貫之 | くるとあくと／めかれぬ物を／梅花／いつの人まに／うつろひぬらん＠ | dawn and dusk I gazed / upon the sweet plum blossoms / dazzled unable / to turn away when did they / find the solitude to fade / |
| 46 | KW000046 | | 読人不知 | 梅かゝを／袖にうつして／とゝめては／春はすくとも／かたみならまし＠ | oh that I could catch / and preserve the plums' perfume / in my gathering sleeves-- / such a souvenir it would / be of this spring's swift passing / |
| 47 | KW000047 | | 素性 | ちるとみて／あるへき物を／梅花／うたて匂ひの／袖にとまれる＠ | oh to watch these blooms / fall without regret unscathed-- / fragrant plum blossoms-- / still their perfume lingers / on my sleeves to torment me / |
| 48 | KW000048 | | 読人不知 | ちりぬとも／かをたに残せ／むめのはな／恋しき時の／思ひ出にせん＠ | although every / petal has fallen oh plum / let your scent at least / remain leave us a keepsake / to cling to when you are gone / |
| 49 | KW000049 | | 貫之 | ことしより／春しりそむる／桜花／ちるといふことは／ならはさらなん＠ | oh young cherry tree-- / this year you have learned to dress / in spring's fresh array / but may you never learn to / let your soft petals scatter / |
| 50 | KW000050 | | 読人不知 | 山たかみ／人もすさめぬ／桜花／いたくなわひそ／我見はやさむ＠ | high in the mountains / with no one to admire you-- / oh cherry blossoms-- / do not be melancholy / for I'll delight in your charms / |