Kokinshu #419
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lnhammer The Prince repeatedly recited the poem but was unable to reply, so [Aritsune], who was with them, composed this for him.
Given she awaits
a m'lord husband who visits
but one time a year,
I rather think she isn't
someone who'd give us lodgings.
hitotose ni
hitotabi kimasu
kimi mateba
yado kasu hito mo
araji to zo omou
---L.
Given she awaits
a m'lord husband who visits
but one time a year,
I rather think she isn't
someone who'd give us lodgings.
—19 & 30 June 2013
Original by Ki no Aritsune. Aritsune (815-877) was another offspring of Ki no Natora, and so brother of Mikuni no Machi/Kaneko (see #152) and Sanjô no Machi (see #930) and uncle of their sons, princes Tsuneyasu (see #95) and Koretaka. He was also father-in-law of Ariwara no Narihira, and both uncle and father-in-law of Fujiwara no Toshiyuki (see #169). Despite these connections, he never rose above middling courtier and has only this one poem in the Kokinshu. ¶ Nice try. Not as nice as Narihira's, though. "Us" is interpretive -- "another man" is also possible. "Visits" has a rare use of an honorific form in a poem.hitotose ni
hitotabi kimasu
kimi mateba
yado kasu hito mo
araji to zo omou
---L.