Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.63 左京大夫道雅(藤原道雅)「今はただ 思ひ絶えなむ とばかりを 人づてならで 言ふよしもがな」

今はただ 思ひ絶えなむ とばかりを 人づてならで 言ふよしもがな

左京大夫道雅(藤原道雅)

let me say it myself: I am giving this up

let me say it myself: I am giving this up

キーワードKeywords

Giving UpNot Through a MessengerOne Last WordForbiddenDirectness
Love

左京大夫道雅(藤原道雅)Fujiwara no Michimasa — No. 63 公卿Court Noble

A noble nicknamed “the wild third-rank,” who wrote the collapse of a love affair without ornament.

いまはただ おもひたえなむ とばかりを ひとづてならで いふよしもがな

Ima wa tada Omoi taenan To bakari o Hitozute narade Iu yoshi mo gana

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

He has decided to stop. The only thing left he wants is to say that one sentence himself, not through a go-between — which is, of course, still a request to see her.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Shibumi (Restraint That Leaks)

The message is renunciation; the desire is contact. When form contradicts content, the audience believes the form. Watch what a piece asks for, not what it announces.