Teiji-in uta’awase 34

Left

みにこひのあまりにしかばしのぶれどひとのしるらんことのわびしさ

mi ni koi no
amari nishikaba
shinoburedo
hito no shiruran
koto no wabishisa
Being in love
Beyond all measure,
I kept it secret, yet
That folk seem to know
Is heartbreaking, indeed.

68[i]

Right

きみこふるわがみひさしくなりぬればそでになみだもみえぬべらなり

kimi kouru
wa ga mi hisashiku
narinureba
sode ni namida mo
mienuberanari
Loved you
Long have I
Indeed, so
The tears upon my sleeves
Have been spotted, it seems.

69


[i] This poem is practically identical to poem 60.

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