On the conception of love despised.
恨みじと思ふ思ひのともすればもとの心にかへりぬるかな
uramiji to
omou omoi no
tomo sureba
moto no kokoro ni
kaerinuru kana |
I would not despise her
I have thought so many times,
Yet somehow
To my first feelings
I have returned. |
Fujiwara no Tadamichi
藤原忠通
見ても思ひ見捨ても思ふ大方は我が身ひとつや物思ひの山
mitemo omoi
misutemo omou
ōkata wa
wa ga mi hitotsu ya
mono’omoi no yama |
I see you, and you are in my thoughts
You neglect me, and I think on you;
Why, overall,
Is it only me who has
Mountains of gloomy thought? |
Anonymous
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