ただならじ戸ばかり叩く水鶏ゆゑあけてはいかにくやしからまし
| tada naraji to bakari tataku kuina yue akete wa ika ni kuyashikaramashi | It is not so easy, I think – But briefly knocking at my door was A water rail: Opening to it, how Deep would be my regret … |
Murasaki Shikibu
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Murasaki Shikibu-shū 74
夜もすがら水鶏よりけに鳴く鳴くぞ真木の戸口に叩きわびつる
| yomosugara kuina yori keni naku naku zo maki no toguchi ni tataki wabitsuru | All night long Cries the water rail, but even more Did I weep and weep again At your cedar door I knocked, but found only grief! |
Fujiwara no Michinaga
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Murasaki shikibu shū 18
逢ひ見むと思ふ心は松浦なる鏡の神や空に見るらむ
| aFimimu to omoFu kokoro Fa matura naru kagami no kami ya sora ni miruramu |
“I will meet her,” In his heart he feels: In Matsura Does the deity of the mirror See that in the skies, I wonder… |
Murasaki Shikibu
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