When she felt that a man’s feelings were becoming more and more chilly:
心からうきたる舟に乘りそめて一日も涙に濡れぬ日ぞなき
kokoro kara
Upon my breast
Komachi
okinowi miyakozima (A place name.)
おきのゐ て身をやくよりもかなしきは宮こしまべ のわかれなりけり
oki no wi miyakosima Placing burning coals
Ono no Komachi
Topic unknown.
人にあはむ月のなきには思ひおきてむねはしり火に心やけをり
Fito ni aFamu
I would meet him
Ono no Komachi
Topic unknown.
あはれてふ言こそうたて世中を思離れぬほだしなりけれ
aFare teFu
Feeling:
Ono no Komachi
Composed and sent in reply when Fun’ya no Yasuhide became a 3rd rank official in the provincial government of Mikawa and sent to her saying, ‘Why not come out and see this distant duty post of mine?’
わびぬれば身をうき草の根をたえて誘ふ水あらば去なむとぞ思
wabinureba
In my desolation
Ono no Komachi
Topic unknown.
あきかぜにあふたのみこそかなしけれわが身むなしくなりぬと思へば
aki kaze ni
The autumn wind (In his ennui he blew cold)
Komachi
Topic unknown.
色見えでうつろふ物は世中の人の心の花にぞ有りける
iro miede
Visible colours (Invisible passions)
Komachi
Topic unknown.
今はとてわが身時雨にふりぬれば事のはさへにうつろひにけり
ima Fa tote
‘It’s over!’
Ono no Komachi
Topic unknown.
あまのすむ里のしるべにあらなくに怨みむとのみ人のいふらむ
ama no sumu
Fisher folk live
Ono no Komachi
Topic unknown.
夢ぢにはあしもやすめずかよへどもうつつにひとめ見しごとはあらず
yumedi ni Fa
Upon the path of dreams
Ono no Komachi
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