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女のもとにはじめてつかはしける
Sent to a woman for the first time
藤原忠房朝臣
[[Index_of_People#T|Lord Fujiwara no Tadafusa}}
人を見て 思ふおもひも ある物を そらにこふるぞ はかなかりける
* おもひも] おもひは(八*)
* こふるぞ] こふるは(八*)
* はかなかりける] はかなかりけり(八*)
Seeing the person / the thoughts I think / are there, and yet / empty longing / is transient.
;人を見て
:This may mean catching a glimpse of the woman (as is common in ''monogatari''), or it may refer to the couple spending a night together.
--
Tadafusa has either spent one night with the woman or just glimpsed her -- he has those memories, but even so his current position, where he has to long for her with no hope of meeting, is difficult to tolerate. Kifune sees a series of wordplays that conceal a phrase 陽もあるものを、空に...降る.
Other sources:
* 新撰万葉集454. Second line 思ふことだに.
* 寛平后宮歌合161, anonymous. Second line 思ふことだに. Kudo thinks that this is a separate poem drawn on by Tadafusa, perhaps because Tadafusa may have been too young to participate in this poetry competition (although his birth year is uncertain).

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後撰和歌集 巻第十 恋二

  • 恋二] 恋歌二(行)

601

女のもとにはじめてつかはしける

Sent to a woman for the first time

藤原忠房朝臣

[[Index_of_People#T|Lord Fujiwara no Tadafusa}}

人を見て 思ふおもひも ある物を そらにこふるぞ はかなかりける

  • おもひも] おもひは(八*)
  • こふるぞ] こふるは(八*)
  • はかなかりける] はかなかりけり(八*)

Seeing the person / the thoughts I think / are there, and yet / empty longing / is transient.

人を見て
This may mean catching a glimpse of the woman (as is common in monogatari), or it may refer to the couple spending a night together.

--

Tadafusa has either spent one night with the woman or just glimpsed her -- he has those memories, but even so his current position, where he has to long for her with no hope of meeting, is difficult to tolerate. Kifune sees a series of wordplays that conceal a phrase 陽もあるものを、空に...降る.

Other sources:

  • 新撰万葉集454. Second line 思ふことだに.
  • 寛平后宮歌合161, anonymous. Second line 思ふことだに. Kudo thinks that this is a separate poem drawn on by Tadafusa, perhaps because Tadafusa may have been too young to participate in this poetry competition (although his birth year is uncertain).