Round Seventy-Five

Left

世中はとてもかくてもありぬべしみやもわら屋もはてしなければ

yo no naka wa tote mo kakute mo arinubeshi miya mo waraya mo hateshinakereba

When of this mundane world, I think, such It ever will be, for Palaces and straw-roofed huts both Will someday fall to ruin.

149[1]

Right

宮こをばかすみとともにたちしかどあきかぜぞ吹くしらかはのせき

miyako oba kasumi to tomo ni tachishikado akikaze zo fuku shirakawa no seki

From the capital Together with the haze Did I depart, yet The autumn wind, indeed, is blowing At the Barrier of Shirakawa!

150[2]

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[1] A minor variant on SKKS XVIII: 1851.

[2] GSIS IX: 518: Composed at the Shirakawa Barrier, when he had gone to Michinoku.

Round Seventy-Four

Left

これやこのゆくもかへるも別れてはしるもしらぬもあふさかのせき

kore ya kono yuku mo kaeru mo wakaretsutsu shiru mo shiranu mo ausaka no seki

This is truly where Folk leaving and returning Are ever parting; Strangers and friends: Meeting Hill’s barrier.

147[i]

Right

いのちあればことしの秋も月はみつわかれし人にあふよなきかも

inochi areba kotoshi no aki mo tsuki wa mitsu wakareshi hito ni au yo naki kamo

I have life, so This year in autumn, too, I have gazed upon the moon, but Parted from him, No more nights of meeting in this world there’ll be.

148[ii]

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[i] GSS XV: 1089: Composed when he had built himself a hut at Meeting Hill, and was watching people go by.

[ii] SKKS VIII: 799: Composed gazing at the moon, the year after Lord Minamoto no Tameyoshi had died.

Round Seventy-Three

Left

秋かぜになびくあさぢのすゑごとにおくしら露のあはれ世中

akikaze ni nabiku asaji no sue goto ni oku shiratsuyu no aware yo no naka

In the autumn breeze The cogon grass trails back and forth; On every single frond Drop silver dewdrops— So sad is this mundane world of ours.

Semimaru
145[i]

Right

ゆふさればしほかぜこしてみちのくの野田のたまがは千鳥鳴くなり

yū sareba shiokaze koshite michinoku no noda no tamagawa chidori naku nari

When the evening comes Tidewinds cross to Michinoku, where At the Tama River in Noda The plovers are crying.

Monk Nōin
146[ii]

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[i] SKKS XVIII: 1850: Topic unknown.

[ii] SKKS VI: 643: Composed when he went to Michinoku.

Round Seventy-Two

Left

うれしきはわするるひともありなましつらきぞながきかたみなりける

ureshiki wa wasururu hito mo arinamashi tsuraki zo nagaki katami narikeru

Happiness will Be forgotten by folk I’m sure, but Cold cruelty an enduring Keepsake will be.

143[i]

Right

あり明の月もし水にやどりけりこよひはこえじあふさかの関

ariake no tsuki mo shimizu ni yadorikeri koyoi wa koeji ausaka no seki

The dawntime Moon within pure water Has lodged; Tonight I’ll not pass The barrier at Meeting Hill.

144[ii]

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[i] A minor variation on a poem from Shinkokinshū (XV: 1403), varying only by one syllable in the initial line, which does not impact on the meaning: Topic unknown.

[ii] KYS III: 211 (3): Composed on the moon at dawn on the road to a barrier, while at the Shirakawa residence of the former Uji Grand Minister.