TUREDUREGUSA, Modern translation

Introduction

Original

つれづれなるまゝに、日くらし、硯すずりにむかひて、心に移りゆくよしなし事を、そこはかとなく書きつくれば、あやしうこそものぐるほしけれ。

Modern translation

I wrote it because I was free. I was not reflecting.