In reply:
たもとよりはなれて玉をつつまめやこれなむそれとうつせ見むかし
tamoto yori
Fanarete tama wo
tutumame ya
kore namu sore to
utuse mimu kasi |
Apart from our sleeves,
With what, these jewels,
Can we wrap?
Saying, ‘These are they,’
Shift them to me, for I would see them too! |
Mibu no Tadamine
壬生忠岑
Cicada Shell (utusemi)
浪のうつせみればたまぞみだれけるひろはばそでにはかなからむや
nami no utu
se mireba tama zo
midarekeru
FiroFaba sode ni
Fakanakaramu ya |
Waves strike
The shoals-seeing jewels
Scatter,
Were I to gather them within my sleeves
How swiftly would they vanish? |
Ariwara no Shigeharu
'Simply moving and elegant'