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A Hundred Verses from Old Japan · 93 of 101

92. Sanuki, in Attendance on the Retired Emperor Nijō: Nijō In Sanuki

SANUKI, IN ATTENDANCE ON THE RETIRED EMPEROR NIJŌ

NIJŌ IN SANUKI

Waga sode wa Shiohi ni mienu Oki no ishi no Hito koso shirane Kawaku ma mo nashi.

MY sleeve is wet with floods of tears As here I sit and cry; ’Tis wetter than a low-tide rock,— No one, howe’er he try, Can find a spot that ’s dry!

The Lady Sanuki was one of the Minamoto family, and lived at the Court of the Emperor Nijō, who reigned A.D. 1159-1165. She was the daughter of the retired Emperor Goshirakawa, and died A.D. 1165.