When Middle Counsellor Minamoto no Noboru was Assistant Governor of Ōmi, she composed this and sent it to him.
相坂のゆふつけ鳥にあらばこそ君がゆききをなくなくも見め
| aFusaka no yuFutukedori ni araba koso kimi ga yukiki wo nakunaku mo mime | At Meeting Hill A cockerel Were I to be, even so Your comings and goings Would I weep to see, but… |
[Palace Lady] Kan’in
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したひもをゆふつけどりのこゑたちてけさのわかれになきぞわびぬる
| shitahimo o yūtsukedori no koe tachite kesa no wakare ni naki zo wabinuru | Underbelt Tying with the cockerel’s Crow, arising, At this morning’s parting I weep, all forlorn! |
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Right
かぎりとはおもはぬものをあかつきのわかれのとこはおきうかりけり
| kagiri to wa omowanu mono o akatsuki no wakare no toko wa oki’ukarikeri | My limits I have not reached, I think, but At dawn Parting from your bed, Rising is so wretched. |
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Left (Tie).
玉桙の道行人のことづてもたえてほどふる五月雨の空
| tamaboko no michiyukibito no kotozute mo taete hodo furu samidare no sora |
Jewelled spear-straight The road he travels on; Messages Stopped long ago; rains Falling from the summer sky. |
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Right
なきぬなりゆふつけ鳥のしだり尾のおのれにも似ぬよはのみじかき
| nakinunari yūtsukedori no shidario no onore ni mo ninu yowa no mijikaki |
Does he crow already? The cockerel’s Trailing tail Is most unlike This night’s brevity. |
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