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Hyakunin Isshu #59
Tuesday, 27 April 2010 06:57 I would have gone
straight to bed without waiting,
but no, instead
the night wore on while I watched
the moon until it went down.
yasurawade
nenamashi mono o
sayo fukete
katabuku made no
tsuki o mishi kana
---L.
straight to bed without waiting,
but no, instead
the night wore on while I watched
the moon until it went down.
—25 April 2010
Original by Akazome Emon, another lady-in-waiting to Empress Shôshi (as well as, before that, to Shôshi's mother) and probable author of the first part of the Eiga Monogatari. Akazome is her stepfather's family name; Emon is more obscure -- it was the department in charge of the imperial household troops, and so possibly comes from an otherwise unattested job title of her husband. Written on behalf of her sister when Fujiwara no Michitaka (the husband of #54) didn't visit as expected.yasurawade
nenamashi mono o
sayo fukete
katabuku made no
tsuki o mishi kana
---L.