古文研究法136-2 更級日記より：かかる程のことはいらへぬも便(びん)なし、などあれば、「千草(ちぐさ)なる心ならひに秋の野の」とばかり言はせて、行き過ぎぬ。
こんな場合は返事をしないのも具合が悪い、などと供の者が言うので、私は上句を作って「移り気なあなたが”いろんな花が咲いている”と思っているような秋の野へ私も花見に行くとお思いでしょう、でもおあいにくさま、私は花見ではなく寺籠りに行くんです」と皮肉っぽく供の者に返事をさせて、男車の傍らを行き過ぎた。
N君：今日の部分も歌の解釈が難しくて僕には解読不能でした。言い寄ってきた男をオシャレにかわすのが才女の嗜み、というわけですか。なかなか奥深いです。「言はせて」は尊敬でも自発でも可能でもなくて使役です。筆者が供の者に言わせた、のです。
A subordinate of mine suggested that it would be rude to refrain from replying in this case. Therefore I composed the first phrase and sent it to him : "You think I am going to see many kinds of flowers in an autumn garden because you are capricious enough to love this and that woman. Too bad for you. I am going to the Koryu Temple, not going to see flowers." Enjoying the ironical sound of the poem, I passed through him.
S先生：硬さが消えていてなかなか良いです。
One of my attendants said, "It might be rude of you not to reply to him in such a case as this." Therefore I wrote the first phrase to answer him : "You, a capricious man, might think that I am going to see various flowers in the autumn field. I am sorry, but I am going to the Koryu Temple for religious meditation." Having my attendant hand him the ironical poem, I passed him in triumph.
