Sad thoughts.
三島江の入江の薦を刈りにこそ我れをば君は思ひたりけれ
| misimae no irie no komo wo kari ni koso ware wo ba kimi pa omopitarikere |
At Mishima Bay Wild rice in the inlets Did you reap, and That is how you of me Do think… |
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MYS VII: 1348
三島江の玉江の薦を標めしより己がとぞ思ふいまだ刈らねど
| misimae no tamae no komo wo simesi yori wono ga to zo omopu imada karanedo |
At Mishima Bay’s Gemmed expanse wild rice Shows the way; Mine, it is, I think, Though I have yet to reap it… |
Kokin rokujō VI: 3810
薦枕高瀬の淀に刈る薦の刈るとも我は知らで頼まむ
| komo makura takase no yodo ni karu komo no karu tomo ware Fa sirade tanomamu |
Pillowed on a mat of rush Where the Yodo meets Takase, Reaped rushes Wither, yet I, All unknowing, will place my trust in them! |
Love V: 12
Left (Win).
行く末の深き縁とぞ契つるまだ結ばれぬ淀の若菰
| yukusue no fukaki eni to zo chigiritsuru mada musubarenu yodo no wakagomo |
In the future, A deep connection will we have, You vowed, Yet still no one has cupped This young shoot of wild rice at Yodo. |
A Servant Girl.
863
Right.
結ばんと契し人を忘れずやまだ影淺き井手の玉水
| musuban to chigirishi hito o wasurezu ya mada kage asaki ide no tamamizu |
That we would be joined We swore, so Will you not forget me? The slight reflection left In Ide’s jewelled waters… |
Ietaka.
864
Both Left and Right state: there is no separation between man and woman.
In judgement: ‘Young shoot of wild rice at Yodo’ (yodo no wakagomo) and ‘Ide’s jewelled waters’ (ide no tamamizu) are both elegant in style, but the Left has pledged a more profound bond. The Right has ‘the slight reflection left’ (mada kage asaki) and the Left is a poem about a vow which has been made. The Right is just referring to events of the past. Thus, ‘depth’ should win.
SZS XVIII: 1169
Composed on samidare (drizzle).
世のほどにかりそめ人や來たりけむ淀の水こものけさみだれたる
| yo no Fodo ni karisome Fito ya kitarikemu yodo no mikomo no kesa midaretaru |
In the midst of night Briefly, will someone Come, I wonder? In the pools the wild rice Is disarrayed, this morning. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部