Round Sixty-One

Left

あさぢふのをののしの原しのぶれどあまりてなどか人の恋しき

asajū no ono no shinohara shinoburedo amarite nado ka hito no koishiki

Deep within the sharp-leaved cogon-grass Of the arrow-bamboo in Ono, Do I hide – no more: Why should it be that I do love you so?

Consultant Lord Minamoto no Hitoshi
121[i]

Right

おく露もしづ心なき秋かぜにみだれてさけるまののはぎ原

oku tsuyu mo shizukokoronaki akikaze ni midarete sakeru mano no hagiwara

The falling dew, too, Is unsettled by The autumn wind’s Confusion of the blooming Bush clover groves in Mano.

Ichi no Miya no Kii
122[ii]

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[i] GSS IX: 577/578: Sent to someone.

[ii] SKKS IV: 332: Topic unknown.

Round Sixty

Left

あり明のつれなくみえし別より暁ばかりうき物はなし

ariake no turenaku mieshi wakare yori akatsuki bakari uki mono wa nashi

At the dawning How cruel it seemed To part, but The fading moon Cared not at all.

119[i]

Right

おもひ草葉末にむすぶしら露のたまたまきては手にもたまらず

omoigusa hazue ni musubu shiratsuyu no tamatama kite wa te ni mo tamarazu

My passion, to the dayflower’s Leaf-tips clings A silver dewdrop Gem—unexpectedly arriving, It will not fall into my hand…

120[ii]

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[i] KKS XIII: 625: Topic unknown.

[ii] KYS VII: 416: Composed on the conception of coming unexpectedly, but being unable to meet, when people were composing ten love poem sequences at the residence of Lord Toshitada.

Round Fifty-Nine

Left

夢よりもはかなき物は夏の夜のあかつきがたの別なりけり

yume yori mo hakanaki mono wa natsu no yo no akatsukigata no wakare narikeri

Far more than dreams, How fleeting, and piteous, is A summer night’s Dawn Parting.

170[i]

Right

うかりける人をはつせの山おろしよはげしかれとはいのらぬものを

ukarikeru hito o hatsuse no yama’oroshi yo hageshikare to wa inoranu mono o

A heartless Woman is as Hatsuse’s Mountain winds, Raging in the night, they say, and As unmoved by prayer…

118[ii]

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[i] GSS IV: 170: Topic unknown.

[ii] SZS XII: 708: Composed on the conception of love that is unrequited despite one’s prayers, when composing ten poems on love at the residence of Supernumerary Middle Councillor Toshitada.

Round Fifty-Eight

Left

春たつといふばかりにやみよしのの山もかすみて今朝はみゆらん

haru tatsu to iu bakari ni ya miyoshino no yama mo kasumite kesa wa miyuran

Spring is here They simply say, but Is fair Yoshino Mountain, too, all hazed In view this morning, I wonder?

Mibu no Tadamine
115[i]

Right

山ざくらさきそめしより久かたの雲井にみゆるたきのしらいと

yamazakura sakisomeshi yori hisakata no kumoi ni miyuru taki no shira’ito

Since the mountain cherries Have begun to bloom, The eternal Clouds seem Threaded with a waterfall of white.

Lord Minamoto no Toshiyori
116[ii]

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[i] SIS I: 1: Composed at the poetry match at Taira no Sadafun’s house.

[ii] KYS I: 50 (2) / KYS I: 45 (3): Composed at the Poetry Match held at the Residence of the Uji Former Grand Minister.

Round Fifty-Seven

Left

伊勢の海にしほやくあまの藤衣なるとはすれどあはぬ君かな

ise no umi ni shio yaku ama no fujigoromo naru to wa suredo awanu kimi kana

By the sea at Ise, Brine-burning, the fisher-folks’ Violet garb Is a familiar sight-as are you, yet I have not met you, have I?

113[i]

Right

見し人のけぶりとなりし夕よりなもむつましきしほがまのうら

mishi hito no keburi to narishi yūbe yori na mo mutsumashiki shiogama no ura

Him, I saw, Turn into smoke, and Since that evening, The name fills me with fond thoughts: The bay at Shiogama.

114[ii]

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[i] GSS XI: 744: Sent to a woman whom he had grown accustomed to seeing who served in the same place.

[ii] A minor variant on a poem in Shinkokinshū (VIII: 820), replacing one particle, ni, with to, which does not significantly impact on the poem’s meaning: When she was grieving over the transience of the world, she composed this on Shiogama, when looking at some paintings of named places in Michinoku.

Round Fifty-Six

Left

すみよしの松を秋かぜ吹くからにこゑうちそふる興つしらなみ

sumiyoshi no matsu o akikaze fuku kara ni koe uchisouru oki tsu shiranami

When through Sumiyoshi’s Pines the autumn wind Does blow, Draped are they by the roar of Whitecaps in the offing.

111[i]

Right

なきよわるまがきの虫もとめがたき秋の別やかなしかるらん

naki yowaru magaki no mushi mo tomegataki aki no wakare ya kanashikaruramu

Faintly crying, The insects in the cage, too, Do they find it difficult to halt The parting Autumn And feel this sadness?

112[ii]

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[i] A minor variation on a poem from Shūishū (XVII: 1112) with a variant initial line, using the place name Sumiyoshi, rather than Suminoe: For a folding screen at the residence of Major Captain of the Right Sadakuni.

[ii] SZS VII: 478: A person who was going far away came to see her and left with the dawn; it was the last day of the Ninth Month and the insects were crying movingly, so she composed: