Lacking a Glimpse of Love Letters 不見書恋
いかがせむさののふなばしさのみやはふみだにみじと人のいふべき
| ikaga semu sano no funabashi sanomi ya wa fumi dani miji to hito no iubeki | O, what am I to do At the ferry port of Sano? Simply, of Letters there seems to be no sign, is What folk can tell to me. |
Tadafusa
A poem by Naga no Okimaro.
苦しくも降り來る雨か三輪の崎狭野の渡りに家もあらなくに
| kurusikumo purikuru ame ka miwa no saki sano no watari ni ipe mo aranaku ni |
How painful it is: For the rain to come a’falling here, Upon the strand at Miwa, For at the ferry port of Sano, I have no home at all… |
Left (Tie).
駒とめて袖うちはらふかげもなし佐野ゝわたりの雪の夕暮
| koma tomete sode uchiharau kage mo nashi sano no watari no yuki no yûgure |
Halting my mount, To sweep clear my sleeves, Shelter is there none, At the ferry port of Sano, This snow-shrouded evening. |
93
Right
待人の麓の道やたえぬ覧軒ばの杉に雪をもるなり
| matsu hito no fumoto no michi ya taenuran nokiba no sugi ni yuki o morunari |
My awaited guest’s Path through the foothills Must have vanished, For the cedar by my eaves Stands buried in the snow. |
94
When he presented a hundred poem sequence.
こまとめて袖うちはらふかげもなしさのゝわたりの雪のゆふぐれ
| koma tomete sode uchiharau kage mo nashi sano no watari no yuki no yugure |
Halting my mount To brush clear my sleeves, I cast no shadow At the ford of Sano, Snow falling in the evening. |
Sada’ie
定家