From the Crown Prince, sent to the place I was staying before departure and written by the Ukon Chamberlain.
わかれぢの涙に袖もさそはれていかなる道にとまらざるらむ
| wakaredi no namida ni sode mo sasoFarete ikanaru miti ni tomarazaruramu |
On the way of parting Tears on to sleeves Are drawn, Is there any path To stop them, I wonder? |
My reply, sent to the lady before departure, out of thanks for her consideration.
心にもあらぬ別れを筥潟のいそぐをかつはうらみつるかな
| kokoro ni mo aranu wakare wo hakokata no isogu wo katu Fa uramituru kana |
Deep within my heart This parting does not lie, yet To Hakokata’s Stony shore to be hastened is another Cause for sorrow! |
From the lady in the Sen’yōden, with some traveling clothes.
見ぬほどのかたみに添ふる心あるをあくなとぞおもふ筥潟の磯
| minu Fodo no katami ni soFuru kokoro aru wo aku na to zo omoFu hakokata no iso |
While we cannot meet Let these be a keepsake close By your heart; Open not to other thoughts of me, Boxed by the stony shore of Hakokata. |
When I was to go to Michinoku, Kintō, the Director of the Bureau of the Palace Guards, sent me this to say he would present me with a saddle cloth.
東路の木の下暗くなりゆかば都の月を戀ひざらめやは
| adumadi no ko no sita kuraku nariyukaba miyako no tuki wo koFizarame ya Fa |
If on the eastern roads Beneath the trees should darkness Fall, Of the moonlit capital Might you not think fondly? |
When I was leaving for Michinoku, Lord Yorimitsu came to visit; he dropped his fan and I returned it with this.
目のまへにまづも忘るゝ扇かなわかれはこゝろうしろめたけれ
| me no maFe ni madu mo wasururu aFugi kana wakare Fa kokoro usirometakere |
Right before my eyes First forgotten is This fan; Parting is, indeed, a heart’s Grief. |