Saturday, January 2, 2021

Poem in the Man'yōshū (MYS IV: 652) by Ōtomo of Sakanoue, date 8th century

Source:

http://www.wakapoetry.net/mys-iv-652/

The poem:

玉守に玉は授けてかつがつも枕と我れはいざふたり寢む

Romaji transliteration (in reconstructed Old Japanese):

tamamori ni
tama pa sadukete
katugatu mo
makura tö ware pa
iza futari nemu

English translation:

To a gem-guard
Have I entrusted my jewel;
There's nought to do
But with my pillow
Sleep, the two of us together.

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