Rokujo no Miyasudokoro realized that she was approaching her end, so she left the future of her daughter to Genji, reminded him that she would never want him to make her daughter his lover, and then passed away. |
死期を悟った御息所は源氏に娘の将来を託し、決して愛人にはしないよう釘を刺して世を去った。 |