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引き寄せばたゞには寄らで春駒の綱引するぞなはたつと聞く
| Fiki yoseba tada ni Fa yorade Faru koma no tuna Fiki suru zo naFa tatu to kiku |
Though I would draw near It is difficult to do; A spring-born colt Pulls back and forth upon the rein Until the cord does break-and word is out, I hear. |
When the Monk Shakushō (d. 1034) went over to China, boarding a ship on the Seventh Day of the Seventh Month, Kintō sent him this poem:
天河のちの今日だにはるけきをいつとも知らぬ舟出悲しな
| ama no kaFa noti no keFu dani Farukeki wo itu to mo siranu Funade kanasi na |
The great River of Heaven Divides them ’til this day next year, Far distant; But we-I know not when-so This sailing brings grief, indeed. |
Assistant Commander of the Bodyguards of the Right [Fujiwara no] Kintō (996-1041)
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From a folding screen at the Ninna period (885-889) court: a woman bathing in a river on the Seventh Day of the Seventh Month.
水のあやをおりたちて着む脱ぎちらしたなばたつめに衣かす夜は
| midu no aya wo oritatite kimu nugitirasi tanabatatume ni koromo kasu yo Fa |
The pattern of the waters Is woven in your garb; Strip it off And to the Weaver Maid Lend your dress tonight. |