Sent to her when Tomonori’s daughter had gone to Michinoku.
君をのみしのぶの里へゆくものをあびつの山のはるけきやなぞ
kimi o nomi
sinobu no sato Fe
yuku mono wo
abitu no yama no
Farukeki ya na zo |
You, alone
To the estates of Shinobu
Have gone;
As Mount Abitsu
As far, it seems! |
The Daughter of Shigemoto
滋幹女
On hearing that Koben had become intimate with another:
浦風になびきにけりな里の海人の焚く藻の煙心弱さは
ura kaze ni
nabikinikerina
sato no ama no
taku mo no keburi
kokoro yaFasa Fa |
In the bay breeze
Does stream,
The Sato diver folk’s
Kindled seaweed smoke;
How like your fragile heart! |
'Simply moving and elegant'