If you have any thought of me,
then in the hut overgrown with weeds we would sleep;
even with my sleeves spread upon the bare mat.

Meaning

If you have any thought of me, then even in a hut overgrown with weeds we would sleep together; even without proper bedding, spreading our sleeves upon the bare mat, our hearts would be warmed.

Commentary

Episode Three: "In the hut overgrown with weeds"

When the man sent the woman he loved a gift called "hijikimo," he added this poem.
It takes as its conceit a forthright and unexpected confession of love.

After the poem, there is a note that this took place when Lady Takaiko, consort of Emperor Seiwa, had not yet entered service at the emperor’s side and was still merely a daughter of the Fujiwara, of ministerial rank.
From this note, interest is added in the concrete personal relationship between Takaiko and Narihira.

Source

Ise Monogatari

Other

In Michinoku, the shinobu-rubbed pattern— for whose sake did it begin to tangle? It was not I who did so.
Neither waking nor sleeping, I spent the night till dawn; calling it a thing of spring, I gazed away the hours.
Is it not the moon? Is spring not the spring of former days? Only my own self remains as I once was.
On the secret path I tread unseen by others, may the gatekeeper who stands watch there each night fall asleep night after night.

If you have any thought of me, then in the hut overgrown with weeds we would sleep; even with my sleeves spread upon the bare mat.

If you have any thought of me,
then in the hut overgrown with weeds we would sleep;
even with my sleeves spread upon the bare mat.