Ware saraba susumite yukan kimi wa tada nori no mushiro o hiromu bakari zo - Izumi Shikibu Nikki(English Translation & Meaning)

われさらは進みてゆかん君はたゝ
法の筵をひろむはかりそ

Roma-ji: Ware saraba susumite yukan kimi wa tada nori no mushiro o hiromu bakari zo
English Translation: Then I shall be the one
to come forward and go to you;
all that you need do
is spread the mat of the Law,
that and nothing more
Meaning: Then I will be the one to come forward and go to you; all you need do is spread wide the seat of the Buddha's Law.
Commentary: 44 The Wild Pink

Even after their exchange about the night he hinted at taking vows, Izumi Shikibu remained deeply sad and could only grieve. Around noon, as she was thinking that she should have made up her mind and gone to his residence sooner, a letter came from the prince.
The woman is Izumi Shikibu, daughter of Ōe no Masamune and, as the wife of Tachibana no Michisada, Governor of Izumi, mother of Koshikibu no Naishi. The Prince of the Dazaifu is Prince Atsumichi, fourth son of Emperor Reizei, so called because he served as Governor-General of the Dazaifu.
In answer to the prince's "Aumichi wa kami no isame ni aranedomo nori no yomogi ni oreba tatanu zo," which said he could not rise and come because he was studying the sutras, Izumi Shikibu sent back this poem.
So the two passed their days exchanging poems. Before long, on a day of heavy snow, the prince would send a poem tied to a snow-laden branch.

The opening lines mean "then I shall come forward and go," with "saraba," then, and an auxiliary of will. The third line means "as for you, simply."
The lower verses mean "you need only spread the mat of the Law," where "hiromu" means both spreading out a mat to sit on and spreading the teaching in the world, closing with an emphatic particle. Taking up his "the Law," she retorts that she will go forward to the seat of the Law herself, and he need only spread it and wait; joking as she is, she shows that her resolve to go to his residence is taking firm shape.
Author: Izumi Shikibu
Source: Izumi Shikibu Nikki
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