GSS 801

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あひしりて侍ける人の、あふみの方へまかりければ

A person she had known was heading down to Omi.

[よみ人しらず]

[Poet unknown]

(99v) 関こえて　あはづのもりの　あはずとも　し水に見えし　かげをわするな

Across the barrier in the Awazu Forest, even if we do not meet anymore, do not forget the image you saw in the clear water.

Textual Notes

• 侍りける人] 侍る人（標*）、侍りける男（慶・新ィ）
• あふみの方へ] あふみのかたに（堀）
• まかりければ] まかりけるに（中・雲・坊・承・正）
• あはずのもりの] あはずのはらを（安）、あはずのもりに（雲）
• かげを] かげは（安・堀・雲・坊）

Other Sources

• 五代歌枕（あはずの森、あふさかのせき） 歌枕名寄（あはずのもり）
• 源氏注・関屋

Notes

関

This is the 逢坂の関, which was known for having 清水. See SIS 170「逢坂の関の清水にかげ見えて今やひくらん望月の駒」

あはづのもりの

This is a place in Omi, but also leads into 逢はず in the next line. Nakayama pointed out that it is only the あは part that links since the づ and ず are not the same.

かげ

The image (memory) of the woman.

Analysis

The poet's lover is presumably going to Omi for some kind of provincial appointment, separating the two. The poet may have no idea when (or if) the man is ever going to return. There was a practice of accompanying people to the Osaka Barrier and seeing them off there -- whether the poet actually did this or not is beside the point（全釈）, but the idea is used to create the scene, drawing on the "clear water" imagery from the famous Tsurayuki poem quoted above.

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