夜のほどろ我が出でて來れば我妹子が思へりしくし面影に見ゆ
yo nö podörö
wa ga idete kureba
wagimoko ga
omoperisiku si
omokagë ni miyu |
In the night just touched by dawn
As I leave
My darling
Stays sunk in thought
Writ plain upon her face. |
相見てはしましも戀はなぎむかと思へどいよよ戀ひまさりけり
apimite pa
simasi mo kopï pa
nagimu ka tö
omopedö iyöyö
kopimasarikeri |
Having met you
For a while my love
Would ease
Or so I thought, but even
Stronger is my love. |
かくばかり面影にのみ思ほえばいかにかもせむ人目繁くて
kaku bakari
omokagë ni nömï
omopoeba
ika ni ka mo semu
pitömë sigëkute |
When all
I have is a memory
To dwell upon
What am I to do,
Surrounded by prying eyes? |
相見ては幾日も經ぬをここだくもくるひにくるひ思ほゆるかも
apimite pa
ikuka mo penu wo
köködaku mo
kurupi ni kurupi
omopoyuru ka mo |
Since we met
But a few days have passed:
So why more strongly
Blindly, madly
Do I yearn for you? |
思ひ絶えわびにしものを中々に何か苦しく相見そめけむ
omopi tae
wabi ni si monö wo
nakanaka ni
nani ka kurusiku
apimisomekemu |
I was resigned
And suffering,
Yet rashly
And still in pain
Did I start to meet you. |
夢にだに見えばこそあらめかくばかり見えずしあるは戀ひて死ねとか
ime ni dani
mieba kösö arame
kaku bakari
miezu si aru pa
kopite sine tö ka |
At least in dreams
Did I see you;
Now even that
Is lost to me
Should I die of love, then? |
戀ひ死なむそこも同じぞ何せむに人目人言言痛み我せむ
kopïsinamu
sökö mo onadi zö
nani semu ni
pitöme pitö götö
kötitami are semu |
To die of love
That’s all there is!
Oh, why
Should glances and malicious tongues
Pain me so? |
我妹子が形見の衣下に着て直に逢ふまでは我れ脱かめやも
wagimoko ga
katami nö körömo
sita ni kite
tada ni apu made pa
ware nukakame ya mo |
My darling’s
Keepsake robe
I wear beneath my clothes
Til we are once more face-to-face
Should I ever take it off? |
生ける世に我はいまだ見ず言絶えてかくおもしろく縫へる袋は
ikeru yö ni
wa pa imada mizu
kötö taete
kaku omosiroku
nuperu pukuro pa |
Since entering this world
I have ne’er yet seen-
No words can describe-
This beautifully
Sewn sack!. |
朝夕に見む時さへや我妹子が見れど見ぬごとなほ戀しけむ
asa yöpi ni
mimu töki sapë ya
wagimoko ga
miredö minu götö
napo kopïsikemu |
Dawn and dusk
Is the time I see
My darling:
Yet seeing her is as if I’ve seen her not
How much I do love her. |
'Simply moving and elegant'