Sent to a woman.
名にしおはばあふさか山のさねかづら人にしられでくるよしもがな
na ni si oFaba aFusakayama no sanekadura Fito ni sirarede kuru yosi mogana | If the name fits, then As Meeting Mount’s Twining kadsura vine, Without others finding out, I wish I had a way to come to you! |
The Sanjō Minister of the Right
Created with Soan.
A poem sent by the Minister of the Centre, Fujiwara, Lord Kamatari, to Lady Kagami.
玉櫛笥みむろの山のさな葛さ寝ずはつひに有りかつましじ
tamakusige
mimuro no yama no
sanakadura
sanezu pa tupi ni
arikatumasizi |
A jewelled comb-box is
Mimuro mountain, twined with
Kadsura vine:
Not sleeping with you again –
That I can never do! |
Fujiwara no Kamatari
藤原鎌足
'Simply moving and elegant'