Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 94

Left

つれなきを今は恋ひじとおもへども心よわくもおつるなみだか

tsurenaki o
ima wa koiji to
omoedomo
kokoro yowaku mo
ochitsuru namida ka
Heartless,
She has ceased to love me
I know, yet
Is it from my feeble heart, that
These tears fall?

Sugano no Tadaomu

182[1]

Right

侘びわたる我が身のうらとなれればや恋しき事のしき波にたつ

wabiwataru
wa ga mi no ura to
narereba ya
koishiki koto no
shikinami ni tatsu
Ever suffering,
Have I, a beach
Become? For
My feelings of love
Arise as endless waves…

183


[1] Kokinshū XV: 809/Shinsen man’yōshū 225

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