Classical Japanese Database

Text #105.

by #19. Saigyô (西行法師)

Season:

N/A  

Subject:

Eguchi, Travelling  

Commentary:

Reply to other poem by a prostitute named Tae, possibly an incarnate Bosatsu.

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Japanese:

家を出づる
人としきけば
かりの宿
心とむなと
思ふばかりぞ

Romanization:

ie wo izuru
hito to shi kikeba
kari no yado
kokoro tomu na to
omou bakari zo

Translation #106:

Because I heard you were someone
who had left the household life,
my only thought was to warn you:
don't let your mind dwell
on this borrowed lodging!