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岩根踏み重なる山はなけれども逢はぬ日数を恋や渡らん
| iFane Fumi kasanaru yama Fa nakeredomo aFanu Fi kazu wo koFi ya wataran |
Crag trodden Layered mountains Are there none, yet Over the number of days we meet not I wonder, will our love span? |
The Elder Maiden of Sakanoue
坂上郎女
A poem by the Elder Maiden of Sakanoue.
暇なみ来まさぬ君に霍公鳥我れかく恋ふと行きて告げこそ
| itoma nami kimasanu kimi ni pototogisu are kaku kopu to yukite tuge koso |
Lacking leisure My lord comes not; O, cuckoo! That I do love him so Would you go and tell him? |
[One of] two poems sent by Lady Ōtomo of Sakanoue to her daughter, the Elder Maiden, from her estate at Taketa.
うち渡す武田の原に鳴く鶴の閒なく時なし我が戀ふらくは
| utiwatasu taketa nö para ni naku tadu nö ma naku töki nasi a ga kopuraku pa |
Gazing out across The field at Taketa, The calling of the cranes Is constant As is my love. |
夜のほどろ出でつつ來らくたび數多くなれば我が胸切り燒くごとし
| yo nö podörö idetutu kuraku tabi maneku nareba a ga mune kiri yaku götösi |
In the night just touched by dawn I’ve left So many times My breast Seems cut and burnt. |
夜のほどろ我が出でて來れば我妹子が思へりしくし面影に見ゆ
| yo nö podörö wa ga idete kureba wagimoko ga omoperisiku si omokagë ni miyu |
In the night just touched by dawn As I leave My darling Stays sunk in thought Writ plain upon her face. |
相見てはしましも戀はなぎむかと思へどいよよ戀ひまさりけり
| apimite pa simasi mo kopï pa nagimu ka tö omopedö iyöyö kopimasarikeri |
Having met you For a while my love Would ease Or so I thought, but even Stronger is my love. |
かくばかり面影にのみ思ほえばいかにかもせむ人目繁くて
| kaku bakari omokagë ni nömï omopoeba ika ni ka mo semu pitömë sigëkute |
When all I have is a memory To dwell upon What am I to do, Surrounded by prying eyes? |
相見ては幾日も經ぬをここだくもくるひにくるひ思ほゆるかも
| apimite pa ikuka mo penu wo köködaku mo kurupi ni kurupi omopoyuru ka mo |
Since we met But a few days have passed: So why more strongly Blindly, madly Do I yearn for you? |
思ひ絶えわびにしものを中々に何か苦しく相見そめけむ
| omopi tae wabi ni si monö wo nakanaka ni nani ka kurusiku apimisomekemu |
I was resigned And suffering, Yet rashly And still in pain Did I start to meet you. |
夢にだに見えばこそあらめかくばかり見えずしあるは戀ひて死ねとか
| ime ni dani mieba kösö arame kaku bakari miezu si aru pa kopite sine tö ka |
At least in dreams Did I see you; Now even that Is lost to me Should I die of love, then? |