[His Majesty’s Poem]
さるさはのいけもつらしなわぎもこがたまもかづかばみづもひなまし
sarusaFa no
ike mo turasi na
wagimoko ga
tamamo kadukaba
midu mo Finamasi | Sarusawa
Pond, too, heartless is!
When my darling
Sank among the gemweed,
I wish its waters dried… |
[The Nara Emperor]
Also Yamato monogatari 253.
On seeing that an attendant to His Majesty had thrown herself in Sarasawa Pond.
わぎもこがねくたれがみをさるさはの池のたまもと見るぞかなしき
wagimoko ga
nekutaregami wo s
arusaFa no
ike no tamamo to
miru zo kanasiki | A maiden’s
Sleep-tangled hair in
Sarusawa
Pond among the gemweed—
The sight is so very sad… |
Hitomaro
Also Yamato monogatari 252.
'Simply moving and elegant'
