うしとのみひとへにものはおもほえでひだりみぎにもぬるる袖かな
usi to nomi
FitoFe ni mono Fa
omoFoede
Fidari migi ni mo
nururu sode kana | Not simply with spite
And nothing
More in mind, are
Both left and right
My sleeves soaked. |
Suma, Genji monogatari
須磨、源氏物語
伊勢嶋や潮干の潟にあさりてもいふかひなきはわが身なりけり
isezima ya
siFoFi no kata ni
asaritemo
iFukaFinaki Fa
wagami narikeri |
At the Isle of Ise,
Upon the tide-revealed sands
I gather shellfish, yet
To no avail:
That is my sorry lot! |
Suma, Genji monogatari
須磨、源氏物語
山がつの庵に焚けるしばしばも物問ひ來なむ戀ふる里人
yamagatu no
iFori ni takeru
sibasiba mo
monotoFikonamu
koFuru satobito |
The mountain folk
Within their huts kindle
Firewood ever;
How I would that I could ask after
My distant love… |
Suma, Genji Monogatari
須磨、源氏物語
'Simply moving and elegant'