Hyakunin Isshu #42
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lnhammer We promised! -- while we
both repeatedly wrung out
our tear-sodden sleeves,
that the waves would never cross
Matsu Mountain in Sue ...
chigiriki na
katami ni sode o
shiboritsutsu
sue no matsuyama
nami kosaji to wa
---L.
both repeatedly wrung out
our tear-sodden sleeves,
that the waves would never cross
Matsu Mountain in Sue ...
—24 February 2010
Original by Kiyohara no Motosuke, grandson of Fukayabu (#36) and father of Sei Shonagon (#62), writing for a friend to send to a lady "who had changed her mind." Sentence order inversion, jilted lover's anguished syntax, and bonus multiple archaic auxiliary verbs oh joy. The thing about the waves is a witty reference to Kokinshu #1093, in which lovers promise to stay true until that happened, which quickly became a cliche.chigiriki na
katami ni sode o
shiboritsutsu
sue no matsuyama
nami kosaji to wa
---L.