Kinkai wakashū 689

歎きわび世をそむくべきかたしらずよしののおくも住みうしといへり

nagekiwabi
yo o somukubeki
kata shirazu
yoshino no oku mo
sumi’ushi to ieri
Griving and sorrowing,
From this world to withdraw,
I have no way, for
In the depths of Yoshino
To dwell is hard, they say. [i]

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[i] See: Topic unknown. みよしのの山のあなたにやどもがな世のうき時のかくれがにせむ miyoshino no / yama no anata ni / yado mogana / yo no uki toki no / kakurega ni semu ‘On Yoshino / Mountain’s yonder side / I would there were a house! / For when I do despise the world / There would I hide away!’ Anonymous (Kokinshū XVIII: 950)

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