SKS IX: 312

When she was abandoned by Yasumasa, she composed this in response to an enquiry by [Fujiwara no] Kanefusa.

人しれず物思ふことはならひにき花に別れぬ春しなければ

Fito sirezu
mono’omofu koto Fa
naraFiniki
Fana ni wakarenu
Faru si nakereba
Out of his thoughts
In desolation-
I am used to it now;
Never parting from the blooms-
There’s no such Spring, at all.

Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部

2 thoughts on “SKS IX: 312”

  1. A translation in Hindi/Urdu

    us k khayaaloN main ab main aati nahin,
    tanhaaee main dil ab lug jaata hai:
    phool kabhi na bikhrajN gay,
    kahin aisi bhi koi basant hai?

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