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,Identical garlands
This exchange occurred as he said he was going for the Yuimae ceremony .
Ise
As well as being famous for its beauty, Yoshino was famous for its temples, so Tokihira means ‘Should I abandon the world and take orders?’
The man said, ‘If you despise me so, then I shall go to Yoshino ?’
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)
Her reply:
世の常のひとの心をまだ見ねばなにかこのたび消えぬべきものを
yo no tune no
This world’s
Her reply:
世の常のひとの心をまだ見ねばなにかこのたび消えぬべきものを
yo no tune no
This world’s
ひたぶるに思ひなわびそ古るさるゝ人の心はそれぞ世の常
Fitaburu ni
Forever
The man’s elder brother said, ‘Why won’t you come to me? Is it that you remember his cruelty?’
ひたぶるに思ひなわびそ古るさるゝ人の心はそれぞ世の常
Fitaburu ni
Forever
Topic unknown.
花すすき我こそ下に思しかほにいでて人にむすばれにけり
Fana susuki
As miscanthus grass
Fujiwara no Nakahira
Heian Japan was a polygamous society, where noble women lived in their own residences (usually those of their fathers) and were visited by men. A couple were considered to be ‘married’ after the man had visited the woman on three consecutive nights.
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