After Michisada had abandoned her, and gone to be governor of Michinoku, she sent him this.
もろともにたゝましものを陸奧の衣の關をよそにきくかな
| morotomo ni tatamasi mono wo mitinoku no koromo no seki wo yoso ni kiku kana |
Together Would we once have cut our way; but Of Michinoku’s Garment-the Barrier of Koromo– I hear from another. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部
When he went down to Michinoku Province, he sent this back to the capital from the barrier at Meeting Hill.
われひとり急ぐと思ひし東路に垣根の梅はさきだちにけり
| ware Fitori isogu to omoFisi adumadi ni kakine no mume Fa sakidatinikeri |
I, alone, Was hurried, or so I thought, Upon this eastland road; The plum trees by the fence Have bloomed already. |
Tachibana no Norimitsu
Topic unknown.
みちのくのあさかのぬまの花かつみかつ見る人にこひやわたらむ
| mitinoku no asaka no numa no Fanakatumi katu miru Fito ni koFi ya wataramu |
In Michinoku At the marsh of Asaka Irises I see, and I see my lover, too, but rarely, so Will this love continue, I wonder? |
Anonymous
Topic unknown.
陸奧にありといふなるなとり河無き名とりては苦しかりけり
| mitinoku ni ari to iFu naru natorigaFa naki na torite Fa kurusikarikeri | In Michinoku There is, I hear, The River Natori-Stealer of Names- Losing one’s good name Is most painful of all. |
Tadamine
忠岑