心をししのぶの里におきたらばあぶくま川にみまくちかけん
kokoro oshi
shinobu no sato ni
okitaraba
abukugawa ni
mimaku chikaken | My heart
Hidden on Shinobu’s estate
Should I leave behind, then
By Abuku River a meeting
Would I soon come to see! |
478
しのぶやました行く水の年をへてわきこそかへれ逢ふよしをなみ
shinobuyama
shita yuku mizu no
toshi o hete
waki koso kaere
au yoshi o nami | At Shinobu Mountain’s
Foot flows water
Through the years
Ever seething, though
I have no way to meet her at all… |
477
わがせこをまつちの山のくずかづら玉さかにだにくるよしもなし
wa ga seko o
matsuchi no yama no
kuzukazura
tamasaka ni dani
kuru yoshi mo nashi | My darling man,
I await you at Matsuchi Mountain,
As a clinging kudzu vine
If only sometimes
I had but a way to make you come to me… |
476
から衣きなれの郷に君をおきて島松の木のまてばくるしも
karakoromo
kinare no sato ni
kimi okite
shimamatsu no ki no
mateba kurushi mo | A Cathay robe
Do you oft wear at Kinare estate
Where you must dwell, my love—
As the tree upon your garden pond
Pining for you hurts me so… |
475
人しれずおもへばくるしたけくまの松とはまたじまてばすべなし
hito shirezu
omoeba kurushi
takekuma no
matsu to wa mataji
mateba subenashi | Unknown to all
I yearn—how painful!
At Takekuma
A’pine—no I’ll not, for
Awaiting her would have no effect, at all. |
474
なみだこそゆくへもしらねみわの崎さののわたりの雨の夕ぐれ
namida koso
yukue mo shirane
miwa no saki
sano no watari no
ame no yūgure | Indeed, my tears
Have no end, as
By Miwa Point
At Sano crossing falls
The evening rain. |
473
あづまぢの道のおくなるしら川のせきあへぬ袖をもる涙かな
azumaji no
michi no okunaru
shirakawa no
seki aenu sode o
moru namida kana | On Eastern roads,
On ways into the heartlands lies
Shirakawa’s
Barrier—unable to match it my sleeves
Are soaked with tears! |
472
いせ島やいちしのあまのすて衣あふことなみに朽ちやはてなん
iseshima ya
ichishi no ama no
sutegoromo
au koto nami ni
kuchi ya hatenan | On Ise Isle
At Ichishi a fisherman has
Abandoned his garb
To the waves—unable to meet
Will I, too, rot away, I wonder? |
471
芦のやのなだのしほやき我なれやよるはすがらにくゆりわぶらん
ashi no ya no
nada no shioyaki
ware nare ya
yoru wa sugara ni
kuyuriwaburan | Beneath a roof of reeds
At Nada roasting salt
Am I!
All night long,
Smouldering with painful passion… |
470
しらやまにふりてつもれる雪なれば下こそきゆれうへはつれなし
shirayama ni
furite tsumoreru
yuki nareba
shita koso kiyure
ue wa tsurenashi | On Mount Shirayma, so white,
Fallen and drifted is
The snow:
Beneath it vanishes away, while
Atop ‘tis cruelly chill. |
469
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