Hyakunin Isshu #25
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lnhammer Sleep-Together Vine
met on Osaka Mountain,
if you were well-named
I'd have my wished-for way
to draw her secretly here.
na ni shi owaba
Osakayama no
sanekazura
hito ni shirarede
kuru yoshi mogana
---L.
met on Osaka Mountain,
if you were well-named
I'd have my wished-for way
to draw her secretly here.
—7-12 January 2010
Original by Fujiwara no Sadakata. The first part of Osaka, pronounced ausaka at the time, does double-duty as au, to meet. When it's detached from the vine's name, sanekazura, the sane can mean to sleep together. "Her" is left implied, but those puns heavily imply her. Japanese lovers worried about secrecy a lot, and the rep that came with revelation. Would that more worried about being too clever by half.na ni shi owaba
Osakayama no
sanekazura
hito ni shirarede
kuru yoshi mogana
---L.