Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 98

Left

恋しきに侘びてたましひまどひなば空しきからの名にやのこらむ

koishiki ni
wabite tamashii
madoinaba
munashiki kara no
na ni ya nokoramu
If, for love of you and
Suffering, my soul
Should wander in confusion,
As an empty husk—
Would that be my reputation?

190[1]

Right

あかずして今朝のかへりぢおもほえず心をひとつおきてこしかば

akazushite
kesa no kaeriji
omohoezu
kokoro o hitotsu
okitekoshikaba
Still hungering for you
On my way home this morning,
I felt nothing
In my heart, but that one feeling
Placed there, so…

191


[1] Kokinshū XII: 571/Shinsen man’yōshū 219/Kokin rokujō IV: 1983

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