For a folding screen for the residence of Fujiwara no Kanehira, Captain of the Outer Palace Guards, Left Division.
いたづらにすぐる月日をたなばたのあふよのかずと思はましかば
| itadura ni suguru tukiFi wo tanabata no aFu yo no kazu to omoFamasikaba | Emptily Does she pass the days and months, but The Weaver Maid Of the number of nights of meeting Would much rather think, so… |
Dharma Master Egyō
For a folding screen for the residence of Minamoto no Kiyokage, Captain of the Palace Guards, Right Division.
ひととせにひとよとおもへどたなばたのあひ見む秋の限なきかな
| Fito tose ni Fitoyo to omoFedo tanabata no aFimimu aki no kagiri naki kana | In a single year A single night of passion, yet The Weaver Maid Longs to meet every autumn Unending! |
Love and Tanabata.
七夕にあらぬわが身のなぞもかく年に稀なる人を待つらん
| tanabata ni aranu wa ga mi no nazo mo kaku toshi ni marenaru hito o matsuran | The Weaver Maid My sorry self is not, but[1] Why is it that, Rarely, but once a year, That man’s visit I seem to await? |
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[1] An allusive variation on: Topic unknown. 篝火にあらぬわが身のなぞもかく涙の河にうきてもゆらむ kagaribi ni / aranu wa ga mi no / nazo mo kaku / namida no kawa ni / ukite moyuramu ‘A fisher’s torch / I’m not, so why does my sorry self / Yet / Upon a river of tears, / Burning, seem to drift along?’ Anonymous (KKS XI: 529)
Left
織女の年に一たび逢ふものをなどわが恋のはるけかるらむ
| tanabata no toshi ni hito tabi au mono o nado wa ga koi no harukekaruramu | The Weaver Maid But once a year A meeting may have, but Why is it my love Does seem to grow ever distant? |
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Right
つゆに露われもろともにおきゐつつ恋する身さへ消えぬべきかな
| tsuyu ni tsuyu ware morotomo ni oki’itsutsu koisuru mi sae kienubeki kana | Dewfall upon dewdrops, Both do I Let ever fall— Love fills my flesh so It could fade away! |
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Left (Tie)
あかなくにわかれにしかばたなばたのおりきしそではいまやぬるらむ
| akanaku ni wakarenishikaba tanabta no orikishi sode wa ima ya nururamu | If, though unsatisfied She did part, then Would the Weaver Maid’s Woven and then worn sleeves Now be truly drenched? |
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Right
たなばたのあひけむそらもおもほえじわかれてのちの心まどひに
| tanabata no aikemu sora mo omohoeji wakarete nochi no kokoro madoi ni | The Weaver Maid It seems, met him in the skies, but It does not feel so, After parting Lost at heart… |
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Left
あまのがはわたりてのちぞたなばたのふかきこころもおもひしるらむ
| ama no gawa watarite nochi zo tanabata no fukaki kokoro mo omoishiruramu | After the River of Heaven She has crossed, The Weaver Maid The depths of her heart’s Feelings seems to know too well. |
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Right (Win)
あふよなきたなばたなればいまはとてかへるくもぢにまどはれしかな
| au yo naki tanabata nareba ima wa tote kaeru kumoji ni madowareshi kana | Were there no night’s meeting For the Weaver Maid, then Now, Upon her homeward path among the clouds Would she have wandered, lost! |
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