Hyakunin Isshu #40
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I love in secret,
but my longing must now be
showing in my face --
"What are you thinking about?"
someone has even asked me.
shinoburedo
iro ni ide-ni-keri
waga koi wa
mono ya omou to
hito no tou made
---L.
but my longing must now be
showing in my face --
"What are you thinking about?"
someone has even asked me.
—14-21 February 2010
Original by Taira no Kanemori. The awkness of the last two lines reflects the grammatical inversion of the original; the awkwardness of the first three is my own fault.shinoburedo
iro ni ide-ni-keri
waga koi wa
mono ya omou to
hito no tou made
---L.