現とも夢とも見えぬ程ばかり通はばゆるせ下紐の関
ututu tomo
yume tomo mienu
Fodo bakari
kayoFaba yuruse
sitaFimo no seki |
If it’s a dream, or
If it’s real, I know not, so
While I am unsure
If I should come, permit me
The barrier of Shitahimo – your under-belt! |
Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu (921-991)
大中臣能宣
Left (Tie).
さぞなげく戀をするがの字津の山うつゝの夢のまたしみえねば
sazo nageku
koi o suruga no
utsu no yama
utsutsu no yume no
mata shi mieneba |
Grieving as he
In love by Suruga’s
Utsu Mountain,
When reality is but a dream
I never will see more. |
145
Right (Tie).
はまゆふやかさなる山の幾重ともいさしら雲のそこの面影
hamayū ya
kasanaru yama no
ikue tomo
isa shirakumo no
soko no omokage |
How many lily leaves of
Overlapping mountain
Folds I have crossed
I know not, yet on the distant clouds’
Surface do I still see her face. |
146
'Simply moving and elegant'