玉桙之 道去夫利尓 不思 妹乎相見而 恋比鴨
たまほこの みちゆきぶりに おもはぬに いもをあひみて こふるころかも
| tamapoko no mitiyukiburi ni omopanu ni imo wo apimite kopuru koro kamo | Jewelled-spear straight The road I travelled when Unexpectedly Did I meet a maiden– How I love her these days! |
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Kinkai wakashū 685
SKKS XIV: 1248
Sent to his Junior Consort when she was away from the palace.
たまぼこのみちははるかにあらねどもうたてくもゐにまどふころかな
| tamaboko no michi wa haruka ni aranedomo utate kumoi ni madou koro kana | Down a jewelled-spear straight Road’s distance You are not, yet Somehow, among the clouds, extremely Lost am I, these days! |
Former Emperor Suzaku
Kinkai wakashū 564
On the conception of travel
玉ぼこの道はとほくもあらなくに旅としおもへばわびしかりけり
| tamaboko no michi wa tōku mo aranaku ni tabi to shi omoeba wabishikarikeri | The jewelled-spear straight Road distant Is not, but even so, When I think of travelling How desolate I am! [i] |
564
[i] See: Sent to his Junior Consort when she was away from the palace. たまぼこのみちははるかにあらねどもうたてくもゐにまどふころかな tamaboko no/ michi wa haruka ni / aranedomo / utate kumoi ni / madou koro kana ‘Down a jewelled-spear straight / Road’s distance / You are not, yet / Somehow, among the clouds, extremely / Lost am I, these days!’ Former Emperor Suzaku (Shinkokinshū XIV: 1248)
Kinkai wakashū 95
Kinkai wakashū 46
Akazome emon-shū 549
Said by someone to be composed on the feelings of Wang Zhaojun when she was travelling to the kingdom of Hu.
なげきこしみちの露にもまさりけりなれにしさとをこふるなみだは
| nagekikoshi michi no tsuyu ni mo masarikeri narenishi sato o kouru namida wa | A source of grief, The dew upon this road, too, Is great, indeed, as For my familiar home I Shed tears of longing. |
Akazome Emon
MYS II: 115
A poem sent by Princess Tajima, when Prince Hozumi was despatched to the Shiga mountain temple in Ōmi, by imperial command.
遺居<而> 戀管不有者 追及武 道之阿廻尓 標結吾勢
後れ居て恋ひつつあらずは追ひ及かむ道の隈廻に標結へ我が背
| okure’wite koitutu arazu pa opisikamu miti no kumami ni sime yupe wa ga se | Left behind and Ever in love, am I not, so I shall follow you; At every turn along your road Leave me tied a sign, o, darling. |
Eikyū hyakushu 638
道すがらなぐさむやとてひくことのをごとに玉をぬくなみだかな
| michi sugara nagusamu ya tote hiku koto no ogoto ni tama o nuku namida kana | On the road and Thinking it might console me Plucking upon My lute, where gemstone Teardrops were strung! |
Daishin