笹が葉のさやぐ霜夜に七重着る衣に增せる子ろが肌はも
| sasa ga pa nö sayagu simo yo ni nana pe karu körömo ni maseru körö ga pada pa mo |
The leaves of bamboo grass Rustle on this frosty night; Wearing sevenfold Garments cannot compare To my darling’s skin. |
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MYS XX: 4430
荒し男のいをさ手挾み向ひ立ちかなるましづみ出でてと我が來る
| arasi wo nö iwosada pasami mukapi tati kanaru masidumi idete tö a ga kuru |
A fierce man Launched a bolt; Afar it flew, and When the clamour died Completely, I was there. |
MYS XX: 4429
馬屋なる繩立つ駒の後るがへ妹が言ひしを置きて悲しも
| umaya naru napa tatu koma nö okuru ga pe imo ga ipisi wo okite kanasi mo |
From the stable, Tether broken, the horse has bolted; “Am I to be left so?” Said my love; Leaving her pains me so. |
MYS XX: 4428
我が背なを筑紫は遣りて愛しみえひは解かななあやにかも寢む
| wa ga se na wo tukusi pa yarite utukusimi epi pa tokanana aya ni ka mo nemu |
My man Is gone to Tsukushi; Does he miss me, His belt fastened, Lying in restless sleep? |
MYS XX: 4427
家の妹ろ我を偲ふらし眞結ひに結ひし紐の解くらく思へば
| ipa nö imoro wo wa wo sinopurasi mayusupi ni yusupisi pimo nö tokuraku omopeba |
My sweetheart, back at home Must be thinking of me For her tightly Knotted belt She thinks of undoing. |
MYS XX: 4426
天地の神に幣置き齋ひつついませ我が背な我れをし思はば
| amë tusi nö kamï ni nusa oki ipapitutu imase wa ga se na are wo si omopaba |
To heaven and earth’s Gods, a garland offer With your prayers, Oh, man of mine; If you do care for me. |
MYS XX: 4425
On the 20th day, Second Month, twenty poems about sakimori were presented by the Superintendent of Sakimori, Musashi Province: Mikuni, Lord Azumi, of the Senior Sixth Rank. However, unskilful efforts were not recorded.
防人に行くは誰が背と問ふ人を見るが羨しさ物思ひもせず
| sakimori ni yuku pa ta ga se tö topu pitö wo miru ga tömosisa monö omopi mo sezu |
“For a border-guard Whose man is to go?” The people ask; Seeing them I envy, Feeling nothing else. |
MYS XX: 4345
我妹子と二人我が見しうち寄する駿河の嶺らは戀しくめあるか
| wagimeko tö putari wa ga misi utiesuru suruga nö ne ra pa kupusiku me aru ka |
Together with my darling The pair of us did gaze upon Wave-washed Suruga’s peaks How I miss them now |
The above poem is by Kasugabe no Maro.
MYS XX: 4343
我ろ旅は旅と思ほど家にして子持ち痩すらむ我が妻愛しも
| warö tabi pa tabi tö ömëpödö ipi ni site ko meti yasuramu wa ga mi kanasi mo |
My journey Is a voyage, indeed, that I know, yet, At home Careworn with children Is my darling wife. |
The above poem is by Tamatsukuribe no Hirome.
MYS XX: 4342
眞木柱ほめて造れる殿のごといませ母刀自面變はりせず
| makïbasira pomete tukureru tönö nö götö imase papa tözi ome kapari sezu |
With pillars of noble wood Was constructed, with a paen, This great hall, even so Is my mother, the chatelaine: Let her face remain unchanged. |
The above poem is by Sakatabe no Obitomaro.