山がつの庵に焚けるしばしばも物問ひ來なむ戀ふる里人
| yamagatu no iFori ni takeru sibasiba mo monotoFikonamu koFuru satobito |
The mountain folk Within their huts kindle Firewood ever; How I would that I could ask after My distant love… |
Suma, Genji Monogatari
須磨、源氏物語
Category Archives: Tales
Ise Monogatari, Chapter 122
Ise Monogatari, Chapter 10
Long ago, a man went wandering in the province of Musashi. And, in that province lived a certain lady. Her father thought to match her with a common man, but for her mother, only a man of the highest rank would do. Her father was a man of low rank, but her mother was of the Fujiwara family. Thus it was that she wanted a man of high rank for her daughter. So, she composed a poem and sent it to the man. They lived in the district of Iruma on the Miyoshino estate.
みよし野のたのむの雁もひたふるに君がゝたにぞよると鳴くなる
| miyosino no tanomu no kari mo FitaFuru ni kimi ga kata ni zo yoru to naku naru |
In fair Yoshino, Even the geese upon the rice fields, Alone For you do Yearn and cry. |
The man replied:
わが方によると鳴くなるみよし野のたのむの雁をいつか忘れん
| wa ga kata ni yoru to naku naru miyosino no tanomu no kari wo ituka wasuren |
For me Yearning and crying In fair Yoshino The geese upon the rice fields: Can I ever forget them? |
In the provinces they have still not ceased to do such things.
Genji monogatari 499
Sagoromo monogatari
消えはてて煙は空にかすむとも雲のけしきを我としらじな
| kiehatete keburi wa sora ni kasumu tomo kumo no keshiki o ware to shiraji na | All but gone, The smoke across the sky Is hazed, yet In the vista of the clouds, You would not know ’tis I. |
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In reply:
かすめよな思ひ消えなむ煙にもたちおくれてはくゆらざらまし
| kasumeyo na omoi kienamu keburi ni mo tachiokurete wa kuyurazaramashi | O, let it be hazed! Should I from love’s fires, and In smoke Drift away, I would not want to waver! |
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