Teishi-in ominaeshi uta’awase 8

Left

をみなへしふきすぎてくるあきかぜはめにはみえねどかこそしるけれ

ominaeshi
fukisugitekuru
akikaze wa
me ni wa mienedo
ka koso shirukere
O, maidenflower,
Over you has come blowing
The autumn wind—
My eyes cannot see it, but
Your scent tells me it is so.

Mitsune

15[1]

Right

ひさかたのつきひとをとこをみなへしあまたあるのべをすぎがてにする

hisakata no
tsukihito’otoko
ominaeshi
amata aru nobe o
sugigate ni suru
The eternal
Gentleman moon
The maidenflower
Filled meadows
Cannot bear to pass by…

16[2]


[1] Shinsen man’yōshū 524; Kokin rokujō 3674; Mitsune-shū 150

[2] Shinsen man’yōshū 542

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