GSS 805
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Text
物いひける女のかゞみをかりてかへすとて
He had borrowed a mirror from a woman he was seeing, and returned it.
よみ人しらず
Poet unknown
(100r) 影にだに 見えもやすると たのみつる かひなくこひを ます鏡哉
I relied on it thinking that just maybe I would see you even as an image, but it was a worthless mirror that only increased my longing (so I am returning it).
Textual notes
- 物いひける] ものの給ひける（安・堀・慶・増ィ・新ィ）、ものの給ひなどしける（雲・慶・新ィ）
- 女の] 女に（堀・慶・新ィ）
- 影にだに] 影をだに（雲）
- たのみつる] たのみつつ（堀）、たのめつる（正保ィ・標ィ・旧国ィ）. Norinaga commented on this reading, saying that the め version was wrong.
- こひを] こひも（堀）
Notes
- 物いひける女
- A woman he had relations with.
- 見えもやする
- The もや indicates "just maybe" (ひょっとして)
- こひをます鏡
- A play on 恋を増す and ます鏡, originally meaning "clear mirror" but later just a poetic word for mirror.
Analysis
The man borrowed the mirror hoping he would see her face in it (新抄). Perhaps they are both serving in the palace.「戯れのあいさつ。深刻な意味では、むろんない」（全釈）The man is accusing the woman of not being faithful（和歌大系）.
See GSS 1314.
