Hyakunin Isshu #86
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lnhammer Does the moon tell me,
"Lament!" -- thus making me
worry about things?
No -- and yet my tears, alas,
are on this complaining face.
nageke tote
tsuki ya wa mono o
omowasuru
kakochigao naru
waga namida kana
---L.
"Lament!" -- thus making me
worry about things?
No -- and yet my tears, alas,
are on this complaining face.
—19 August 2010
Original by Saigyô, the pen name of Satô no Norikiyo, who took orders with the religious name of Eni. Although the topic is given as "love before the moon," this may be an "allusive variation" on #23, in which case the "things" thought about would for once not be the other person.nageke tote
tsuki ya wa mono o
omowasuru
kakochigao naru
waga namida kana
---L.