Round Sixty-Four

Left

月見ればちぢに物こそかなしけれ我が身ひとつの秋にはあらねど

tsuki mireba chiji ni mono koso kanashikere wagami hitotsu no aki ni wa aranedo

When I look upon the moon Myriad are my Griefs, Though for me alone Autumn has not fallen.

Ōe no Chisato
127[i]

Right

秋の夜の月にいくたびながめして物おもふことの身につもるらん

aki no yo no tsuki ni ikutabi nagameshite mono’omou koto no mi ni tsumoruran

Upon an autumn night’s Moon how many times Have I gazed out, while Gloomy thoughts Pile ever higher upon me?[ii]

Consultant Masatsune
128[iii]

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[i] KKS IV: 193: Composed at the poetry competition at Prince Koresada’s house.

[ii] An allusive variation on SIS VIII: 432.

[iii] ShokuSZS V: 468/470: When a Hundred Poem Sequence was presented to former Emperor Gotoba in Kenpo 4 [1216].

Round Sixty-Three

Left

あづまぢのさのの舟ばしかけてのみおもひわたるをしる人ぞなき

azumaji no sano no funabashi kakete nomi omoiwataru o shiru hito zo naki

On eastern roads At Sano, the pontoon bridge Simply stretches out; That she is ever in my thoughts— Indeed, there’s no on knows it!

125[i]

Right

おとにきくたかしのはまのあだ浪はかけじや袖のぬれもこそすれ

oto ni kiku takashi no hama no adanami wa kakeji ya sode no nure mo koso sure

By repute Upon Takashi Beach Break faithless waves, so Had I not better keep away? Lest my sleeves Should end up soaked!

126[ii]

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 [i] Minor variant on GSS X: 619/620: Sent to a lady’s house.

[ii] KYS VIII: 469 (2)/KYS VIII: 464 (3): In reply.

Round Sixty-Two

Left

かげろふに見しばかりにやはま千どり行衛もしらぬ恋にまどはん

kagerō ni mishi bakari ni ya hamachidori yukue mo shiranu koi ni madowan

Is it that as if through haze Simply did I see her? As a plover on the beach, Bound I know not where, Am I lost in love.

123[i]

Right

うらかぜに吹上のはまの浜千鳥浪たちくらし夜半になくなり

urakaze ni fukiage no hama no hamachidori nami tachikurashi yowa ni naku nari

Beach breezes Blow up Fukiage shore, where The plovers on the beach As the waves break in the darkness, Cry out with midnight.

124[ii]

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[i] GSS X: 654/655: Topic unknown.

[ii] SKKS VI: 646: From the Hundred Poem Sequences presented for former Emperor Horikawa.