Love

Left

恋せじと御手洗川に御祓して神うけつらんとおもほゆるかな

koi seji to mitarashigawa ni oharaishite kami uketsuran to omohoyuru kana

I’ll not fall in love, and At the River Mitarashi Purify myself— Would the gods then accept me, I wonder!

25

恋なれどそこにもすまぬひれはみづにごれりとおもほゆるかな

koi naredo soko ni mo sumanu hire wa mizu nigoreri to omohoyuru kana

This is love, yet The deeps are all disturbed, with Fins the waters Clouding, I feel!

26

こひわたる程のふかさにそめ川の色あさからじとおもほゆるかな

koiwataru hodo no fukasa ni somekawa no iro asakaraji to omohoyuru kana

So long have I loved you that The depths of Dyers’ River have Lost their pale hues I feel!

27

Right

おもふとて夕ぐれがたのながめをや人待つほどの恋といふらん

omou tote yūguregata no nagame o ya hito matsu hodo no koi to iuran

Thinking of him As evening draws on, and I gaze on long rains falling; is Time pining for a man Being in love, I wonder?

28

年の内にあまる月日の有りければかぞへのうちにははわぶるかな

toshi no uchi ni amaru tsuki hi no arikereba kazoe no uchi ni haha waburu kana

Throughout the year The days and months mount up So Counting them My mother grieves!

29