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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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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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! |
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]
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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