Gosenshu 10
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
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
Seeing the person / the thoughts I think / are there, and yet / empty longing / is transient.
- 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*)
- 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.
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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).
602
壬生忠岑
ひとりのみ おもへばくるし 如何して おなじ心に 人ををしへむ
It hurts me to think alone. (1-2) / how can I / teach you the same heart (4-5)?
- おもへば] おもふは（ハイ・標・新）
- 如何して
- Every other text reads いかにして, so it's likely that Teika intended 如何 to be read as いかに. いかにして....む is "How can I..." or perhaps "I want somehow to..."
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The prose prefaces in the Tadamine Collection version of this poem give a different possible context; with the context carried over from the previous poem it sounds like Tadamine has only seen or heard of the woman and is now sending a message for the first time. It was common in such introductory letters to already be talking of how much you were burning with love for the other person.
Perhaps this is based on the anonymous KKS 541:
- よそにして恋ふればくるし入れ紐の同じ心にいざむすびてむ
- It hurts me to long for you from afar. Let's pledge our love and be together like beads on a string.
Other sources:
- 古今和歌六帖２６３０・あひおもはぬ. Also ２１３８・ざふの思ひ. First line ひとすれず (only in 2138).
- 忠岑集１５７. Prose preface ある女の、いみじう本意なくはべりしかば(IV) or ある女のいみじう心つよくはべりしかば(II).
603
紀友則
わが心 いつならひてか 見ぬ人を 思ひやりつつ こひしかるらん
My heart / when did it become used to / sending my thoughts to (4) / and longing for (3) / a person I have not seen?
- 見ぬ人を] 見ぬ人の（雲・坊・新イ）
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Another "first contact" poem, telling the woman how much he has been thinking of her despite not having met.
Other sources:
- 古今和歌六帖２５３２・しらぬ人・友則. Third line 見ぬ人の.
- 友則集３８. Second and third lines いつにならひて 見ぬ人の.
604
まだ年わかかりける女につかはしける
Sent to a girl who was still young
源中正
Minamoto no Nakatada
葉をわかみ ほにこそいでね 花すすき したの心に むすばざらめや
The leaves are young, and so / the flower has not appeared / the susuki / how can we not tie together (5) / the underlying though? (4)
- 葉をわかみ
- The を...み structure means が....ので.
