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Kinkai wakashū 583

しながどりゐなののはらのささ枕まくらの霜ややどる月かげ

shinagadori
inano no hara no
sasamakura
makura no shimo ya
yadoru tsukikage
Upon waterbird-filled
Inano Plain, with
A pillow of bamboo—
And the frost upon my pillow is
The moonlight’s lodging…[i]

583


[i] See: Topic unknown. しながどりゐなのをゆけばありまやま夕ぎり立ちぬやどはなくして shinagadori / inano o yukeba / arimayama / yūgiri tachinu / yado wa nakushite ‘Through waterbird-filled / Inano I go, as / Upon Arima Mountain / Evening mist has risen, and / Me without a lodging…’ Anonymous (Shinkokinshū X: 910)

Kinkai wakashū 570

Lodging on a journey.

みなと風いたくな吹きそしながどりゐなの水うみに船とむるまで

minato kaze
itaku na fuki so
shinagatori
ina no mizu’umi ni
fune tomuru made
O, harbour breeze
Blow not so strongly! Until
At waterbird-filled
Ina Lake
The ferry has made port…[i]

570


[i] See: 大海尓 荒莫吹 四長鳥 居名之湖尓 舟泊左右手 ōki umi ni/ arashi na fuki so / shinagatori / ina no minato ni / fune hatsuru made ‘Across the sea so wide, / Blow not so, o storm wind! Until / At waterbird-filled / Ina port / My boat has come to rest…’ (Man’yōshū VII: 1189)