GSS 807
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Text
ふみつかはしける女のはゝの、「こひをしこひば」といへりけるが、年ごろへにければつかはしける
The mother of a girl he had been sending letters to said "If you love..." but then more than a year passed, so he sent this.
たねはあれど 逢事かたき いはのうへの 松にて年を ふるはかひなし
There is a seed, but meeting is as difficult as the rock, and like the pine I wait for no effect.
Textual variants
- ふみつかはしける女のはゝの] あるひとのむすめにふみつかはしけるに、女(堀), あるひとのむすめのもとにふみつかはしけるに、女のははが(雲)、...ははが(坊)、ふみつかはしける女の(慶)
- いへりけるが] の給けるに(堀)、のたうびつかはしたりけるに(雲)、いひたりけるが(坊)、いひ
- 年ごろへにければつかはしける] 年へにければのたうびつかはしたりける(雲)
- ふるはかひなし] ふるぞかなしき(雲)、ぞかひなき(慶)、ふるかひもなし(鳥・標ィ)
Other sources
- 奥義抄 和歌初学抄(example of 岩 associated with かたき)
Notes
- こひをしこひば
- From KKS 512: たねしあらば岩にも松はおひにけり恋をしこひばあはざらめやは. "If you love her I can let you two meet."
- 年ごろへにければ
- The year (and more) passed without the mother permitting the meeting, apparently.
- たね
- The "seed" of love in the poet's heart.
- かたき
- A pivot on "difficult to meet" and "the hard stone."
- 松
- The usual pun on 待つ.
