Composed when she was abandoned by Ōe no Kin’yori.
夕暮はまたれしものを今はただ行くらむ方を思ひこそやれ
yuFugure Fa
mataresi mono wo
ima Fa tada
yukuramu kata wo
omoFi koso yare |
The dusk
Was what I awaited once, but
Now only
Where you’re going
Dwells in my thoughts. |
Sagami
Topic unknown.
夕暮にもの思ふ事は增るかと我ならざらむ人にとはゞや
yuFugure ni mo
mono’omoFu koto Fa
masaru ka to
ware narazaramu
Fito ni toFaba ya |
At dusk
In gloomy thoughts alone
Do I excel-is that right?
Not I
But to another were I to ask, what would he say? |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部
'Simply moving and elegant'