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Sahyōe no suke sadafumi uta’awase 20

Left (Tie)

われやうき人をこひぢになりぬればあはぬとだえに身をぞなしつる

ware ya uki
hito o koiji ni
narinureba
awanu todae ni
mi o zo nashitsuru
I, toward a heartless
Lady upon the paths of love
Did tread, but
As a broken bridge, no meeting
Has befallen me!

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Right

ひたすらにわすれもぞするわすれぐさみずやあらましこひはしぬとも

hitasura ni
wasure mo zo suru
wasuregusa
mizu ya aramashi
koi wa shinu tomo
So completely
Am I forgotten by that
Forgetful day-lily—
She will not see me, it seems,
Though I die of love for her.

Mitsune
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Sahyōe no suke sadafumi uta’awase 12

Left (Tie)

ひさにこぬ人をまつにやあひぬらむときはのこひとわがなりぬるは

hisa ni konu
hito o matsu ni ya
ainuramu
tokiwa no koi to
wa ga narinuru wa
He never comes, that
Man I’m waiting for—will
I ever meet him?
Though into everlasting love
Have I completely fallen…

Mitsune
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Right

おもひつつまだいひそめぬわがこひをおなじこころに人はしらなむ

omoitsutsu
mada iisomenu
wa ga koi o
onaji kokoro ni
hito wa shiranamu
Ever are you in my passionate thoughts,
Though we have yet to speak
I would my love
You would feel within your heart as I—
That’s what I would have you know!

Mitsune
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GSS XIV: 1012

Sent to a lady at the beginning.

おもひつつまだいひそめぬわがこひをおなじこころに人はしらなむ

omoFitutu
mada iFisomenu
wa ga koi wo
onadi kokoro ni
Fito Fa siranamu
Ever are you in my passionate thoughts,
Though we have yet to speak
I would my love
You would feel within your heart as I—
That’s what I would have you know!

Anonymous

SIS XI: 657

On the day of the Ōharano Festival, he attached this to a branch of sakaki, and sent it to a lady’s residence.

おほはらの神もしるらむわがこひはけふ氏人の心やらなむ

oFoFarano
kami mo siruramu
wa ga koFi wa
keFu udibito no
kokoro yaranamu
Ōharano’s
God, too, surely knows
My love
Today, toward the shrine’s lady’s
Heart is directed!

The Ichijō Regent

GSIS XI: 661

Composed on the conception of love as a year passes when people were at the residence of the Regent and former Minister of the Left.

われがみはとがへるたかとなりにけりとしはふれどもこゐはわすれず

ware ga mi Fa
togaFeru taka to
narinikeri
tosi Fa Furedomo
kowi Fa wasurezu
My flesh as
A hawk returning to its mews
Has become;
A year has passed, yet
This love I will not forget.

The Minister of the Left [Minamoto no Toshifusa]

Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 88

Left

あかずして君を恋ひつる涙にぞうきみしづみみやせわたりける

akazushite
kimi o koitsuru
namida ni zo
ukimi shizumimi
yasewatarikeru
An endless hunger is
My love for you;
In tears does
My flesh float and sink
As it grows ever thinner.

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Right

かしまなるつくまの神のつくづくと我が身ひとつに恋をつみつる

kashima naru
tsukuma no kami no
tsukuzuku to
wa ga mi hitotsu ni
koi o tsumikeru
In Kashima
Does the God of Tsukuma
Constantly
Upon my flesh, alone,
Lay the burdens of love?

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