When she was asked about the possibility of a meeting.
みるめ刈る海人の行きかふ湊路に勿来の関も我は据ゑぬを
mirume karu
Gathering seaweed
Ono no Komachi
This poem is also Komachi-shū 小町集 (late. C9th) 5.
Topic unknown.
こがらしの風にもみぢて人しれずうきことの葉のつもる比かな
kogarashi no
The bitter winter
Ono no Komachi
Topic unknown.
わが身こそあらぬかとのみたどらるれとふべき人にわすられしより
wa ga mi koso
It must be me
Ono no Komachi
Topic unknown.
あるはなくなきはかずそふ世中にあはれいづれの日までなげかん
aru wa naku
One who lived is gone, and
Ono no Komachi
Topic unknown.
あはれなりわが身のはてやあさみどりつゐには野邊のかすみとおもへば
aware nari
Sad it is, indeed!
Ono no Komachi
Topic unknown.
ふきむすぶ風はむかしの秋ながらありしにもにぬ袖のつゆかな
fukimusubu
The dew-forming gusts
Ono no Komachi
When she had abandoned the world of men and was living by the sea.
花咲きて實ならぬ物はわたつうみのかざしにさせる沖つ白浪
Fana sakite
Blossoms blooming
Komachi
His reply:
世をそむなく苔の衣はたゞ一重貸さねば疎しいざ二人寢ん
yo wo somuku
These world abandoned
Archbishop Henjō
Once she had gone to a temple called Isonokami and, when it grew dark, she decided to return home with the dawn and stayed the night; someone said, ‘Henjō is here,’ so she sent him this to see what his reaction would be.
岩の上旅寢をすればいと寒し苔の衣を我に貸さなん
iFa no uFe
Atop this crag
Ono no Komachi
When she was sunk in gloomy thought, having no regular man.
あまの住む浦漕ぐ舟のかぢをなみ世を海わたる我ぞ悲しき
ama no sumu
The fisherfolk live
Ono no Komachi
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