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MYS XIII: 3305

A question and response poem.

物不念 道行去毛 青山乎 振放見者 茵花 香未通女 桜花 盛未通女 汝乎曽母 吾丹依云 吾 毛曽 汝丹依云 荒山毛 人師依者 余所 留跡序云 汝心勤

物思はず 道行く行くも 青山を 振り放け見れば つつじ花 にほえ娘子 桜花 栄え娘子 汝れをぞも 我れに寄すといふ 我れをもぞ 汝れに寄すといふ 荒山も 人し寄すれば 寄そるとぞいふ 汝が心ゆめ

mono’omowazu
michi yukuyuku mo
aoyama o
furisakemireba
tsutsujibana
nioe otome
sakurabana
hae otome
nare o somo
ware ni yosu to iu
ware o mo
nare ni yosu to iu
arayama mo
hito shi yosureba
yosuru to zo iu
na ga kokoroyume
Unburdened by gloomy thoughts
Along the path I went on and on,
To the green-growing mountain,
When in the distance I saw
An azalea
Fair bright maiden,
A cherry blossom
Glorious maiden:
O, you, truly
Give your heart to me;
And I, too,
Will give my heart to you;
Upon the wild mountain
Folk give their hearts
To one another, so
Never will I abandon you!

Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 88

Left

あかずして君を恋ひつる涙にぞうきみしづみみやせわたりける

akazushite
kimi o koitsuru
namida ni zo
ukimi shizumimi
yasewatarikeru
An endless hunger is
My love for you;
In tears does
My flesh float and sink
As it grows ever thinner.

170

Right

かしまなるつくまの神のつくづくと我が身ひとつに恋をつみつる

kashima naru
tsukuma no kami no
tsukuzuku to
wa ga mi hitotsu ni
koi o tsumikeru
In Kashima
Does the God of Tsukuma
Constantly
Upon my flesh, alone,
Lay the burdens of love?

171

Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 59

Left

あき山に恋する鹿の声たてて鳴きぞしぬべき君がこぬよは

akiyama ni
koisuru shika no
koe tatete
naki zo shinubeki
kimi ga konu yo wa
In the autumn mountains
A loving stag
Cries out,
I could die from weeping
On nights you fail to come to call…

116[1]

Right

契りけむ心ぞつらき七夕の年にひとたびあふは逢ふかは

chigiriken
kokoro zo tsuraki
tanabata no
toshi ni hito tabi
au wa au ka wa
The vow
Of a pitiless heart:
The Weaver Maid,
But once a year
Will meet; can it be true?

Fujiwara no Okikaze

117[2]


[1] Shokukokinshū XII: 1194/Shinsen man’yōshū 119

[2] Kokinshū IV: 178/Shinsen man’yōshū 460/Kokin rokujō I: 143