今は唯思絶えなむとばかりを人傳ならでいふよしもがな
| ima Fa tada omoFitaenamu to bakari wo Fitodute narade iFu yosi mogana |
Now, all Our love is done – Simply Not from another but from you, I would have you say it! |
Master of the Left Capital Office, Michimasa
左京大夫通雅
Monthly Archives: July 2016
GSIS XIII: 749
GSIS XIII: 748
He had been secretly seeing the lady who had been sent to be the Ise Virgin, but when this became known to His Majesty, he put a guard upon her, and it was no longer possible to visit in secret, so he composed.
逢坂は東路とこそきゝしかど心盡しのせきにぞありける
| aFusaka Fa adumadi to koso kikisikado kokoro dukusi no seki ni zo arikeru |
Meeting Hill lies Upon the road to the East I had heard, and yet My heart is exhausted by The barrier here! |
Master of the Left Capital Office, Michimasa
左京大夫通雅
Genji monogatari 401
MYS XVI: 3815
A poem in reply.
白玉の緒絶えはまことしかれどもその緒また貫き人持ち去にけり
| siratama no wodae pa makoto sikaredomo sono wo mata nuki pito moti’inikeri |
The pearl’s Strand broke, it’s true, And yet It has been threaded once more, And is in another’s hands! |
Of the above poem, it is said, ‘Once, there was a young woman. She was abandoned by her husband, and wed another man. At that time, a certain man, not knowing of her remarriage, sent a poem to her parents asking for her hand. So, her parents, realising the man did not know the details of the situation, sent this poem to him to inform him that their daughter had married once more.’
MYS XVI: 3814
SKS X: 373
When Fujiwara no Sanemune was Assistant Governor of Hitachi, he was severely criticised by messengers from the Ministry of the Treasury, and when Minister Masafusa heard this, he was ordered to transfer to Tōtōmi, so she composed this and sent it to him.
筑波山ふかくうれしと思ふかな浜名の橋にわたす心を
| tukubayama Fukaku uresi to omoFu kana Famana no Fasi no watasu kokoro wo |
Upon Mount Tsukuba Will there be great rejoicing I think, that To the bridge at Hamana Have your attentions turned! |
Lady Higo [in service to] the Grand Empress Dowager
太皇太后宮肥後
KYS IV: 279
Composed on the first snows falling atop the bridge.
白波の立ち渡るかと見ゆるかな浜名の橋にふれる初雪
| siranami no tatiwataru ka to miyuru kana Famana no Fasi ni Fureru Fatuyuki |
Whitecaps Have risen across it Or so it does seem; The bridge at Hamana With first snows fallen… |
Lady Owari [in service to] the former Kamo Virgin
前齋院尾張
GSIS IX: 516
He had accompanied his father to Tōtōmi province, then, after some years had passed, when he was sent to be Governor of Shimotsuke, he composed this at the bridge at Hamana.
東路の浜名の橋を来てみれば昔恋しき渡りなりけり
| adumadi no Famana no Fasi wo kitemireba mukasi koFisiki watarinarikeri |
Along eastern roads To the bridge at Hamana Have I come and now I see Sights I loved long ago Spread out before me… |
Ōe no Hirotsune (?-?1089)
大江広経