君により我とはなしにすまのうらにもしほたれつつ年のへぬらん
kimi ni yori
ware to wa nashi ni
suma no ura ni
moshio taretsutsu
toshi o henuran | Do you, my lady,
Know not that I
Upon Suma’s shore
Like saltweed, ever dripping,
Pass my years? |
491
もしほやくあまのたく火のほのかにもわがおもふ人を見るよしもがな
moshio yaku
ama no taku hi no
honoka ni mo
wa ga omou hito o
miru yoshi mogana | Burning saltweed,
The fisherfolk kindle fires
So faint, but
The one I yearn
To see—o, had I but a way! |
437
'Simply moving and elegant'
