鶯はたにのふるすを出でぬともわがゆくへをばわすれざらなん
uguisu wa
tani no furusu o
idenu tomo
wa ga yukue oba
wasurezaranan | The warbler from
His former nest within my valley
Has departed, yet
My fate
I would not have him forget! |
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Love Separated by Distant Roads 隔遠路恋
すくせかななどいなむやの関をしもへだてて人にねをなかすらん
sukuse kana
nado inamuya no
seki o shimo
hedatete hito ni
ne o nakasuran | It must be fate!
Why is it that with even Inamuya’s
Barrier gate
Between them, folk
Must make such cries? |
Toshiyori
Ivy
契ありてはひかかるとも見ゆるかな蔦や木ずゑのいもせなるらむ
chigiri arite
haikakareru tomo
miyuru kana
tsuta ya kozue no
imose naruramu | By fate
Trailing, tangled together
Do they seem!
The ivy and the treetops
Would seem to be espoused! |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼
'Simply moving and elegant'
