When a man who was Assistant Governor of Kii ceased to come to call, she sent this to the man’s elder sister to say how heartless this was and the sister sent this in reply, to say how she sympathized.
紀伊国の名草の浜は君なれや事のいふかひ有と聞きつる
ki no kuni no In the land of Ki
Anonymous
Sent to a woman’s house, at the beginning.
ひとりのみ思へば苦し如何しておなじ心に人を教へむ
Fitori nomi Being simply alone
Mibu no Tadamine
His reply.
わびしさを同じ心と聞くからに我が身を棄てて君ぞかなしき
wabisisa wo In pain
Minamoto no Sane’akira
Sent to a man’s residence.
はかなくて同じ心になりにしを思ふがごとは思らんやぞ
Fakanakute Briefly
Nakatsukasa
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よそにして恋ふればくるし入れ紐のおなじ心にいざむすびてむ
yoso ni site Being apart and
Anonymous
The last month of the year.
みよしののやまのしらゆきつもるらしふるさとさむくなりまさるなり
miyoshino no On fair Yoshino
Korenori
The Eighth Month.
人しれぬねをやなくらん秋萩の色づくまでに鹿の声せぬ
hito shirenu ne o ya nakuran aki hagi no irozuku made ni shika no koe senu That no one may know
Mitsune
When he held a poetry match at his house.
雲ゐより照りやまさると水清み浦にてもみん秋のよの月
kumoi yori teri ya masaru to mizu kiyomi ura nite mo min aki no yo no tsuki From the clouds
Taira no Sadafun
Mist
しぐれにもあめにもあらぬはつぎりのたつにもそらはさしくもりけり
shigure ni mo Neither a shower
Attributed to Mitsune in a certain volume
Composed on cuckoos.
ふるさとはこだかけれどもきみならぬほととぎすにもうとまれにけり
Furusato Fa Around this ancient estate
Mibu no Tadamine
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'Simply moving and elegant'