Practise the thinking. Keep the judgement.
浅茅生の
Minamoto no Hitoshi · 参議等
浅茅生の
小野の篠原
しのぶれど
あまりてなどか
人の戀しき
Historical kana
あさぢふの
をののしのはら
しのぶれど
あまりてなどか
ひとのこひしき
Original English translation
Among sparse reeds and bamboo on Ono’s plain, I try to hide it, yet why does longing for you overflow so?
History and context
Hitoshi is named by his office, Sangi, in the anthology. The Gosen love poem uses the bamboo landscape to introduce a private feeling that cannot remain contained.
Imagery and wordplay
Shino, bamboo, prepares shinobu, to conceal or endure. The verbal transition binds scenery to secrecy.
Gosenshū · 後撰集恋一578
Japanese text and historical kana follow the linked Wikisource transcription. Classical poems can have variant spellings and wording in different anthologies. The source anthology reference identifies the version represented in this collection, not necessarily its earliest surviving text. English prose translations and reading notes are original interpretations; some wordplay permits more than one reading.