玉桙之 道去夫利尓 不思 妹乎相見而 恋比鴨
たまほこの みちゆきぶりに おもはぬに いもをあひみて こふるころかも
| tamapoko no mitiyukiburi ni omopanu ni imo wo apimite kopuru koro kamo | Jewelled-spear straight The road I travelled when Unexpectedly Did I meet a maiden– How I love her these days! |
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SKKS XIV: 1248
Sent to his Junior Consort when she was away from the palace.
たまぼこのみちははるかにあらねどもうたてくもゐにまどふころかな
| tamaboko no michi wa haruka ni aranedomo utate kumoi ni madou koro kana | Down a jewelled-spear straight Road’s distance You are not, yet Somehow, among the clouds, extremely Lost am I, these days! |
Former Emperor Suzaku
Kinkai wakashū 564
On the conception of travel
玉ぼこの道はとほくもあらなくに旅としおもへばわびしかりけり
| tamaboko no michi wa tōku mo aranaku ni tabi to shi omoeba wabishikarikeri | The jewelled-spear straight Road distant Is not, but even so, When I think of travelling How desolate I am! [i] |
564
[i] See: Sent to his Junior Consort when she was away from the palace. たまぼこのみちははるかにあらねどもうたてくもゐにまどふころかな tamaboko no/ michi wa haruka ni / aranedomo / utate kumoi ni / madou koro kana ‘Down a jewelled-spear straight / Road’s distance / You are not, yet / Somehow, among the clouds, extremely / Lost am I, these days!’ Former Emperor Suzaku (Shinkokinshū XIV: 1248)
