Round One Hundred and Thirteen

Left

かぜをいたみいはうつ浪のおのれのみくだけて物をおもふ比かな

kaze o itami iwa utsu nami no onore nomi kudakete mono o omou koro kana

The howling winds Strike waves against the crags; I alone, Am shattered, gloom Filling my thoughts these days…

225[1]

Right

おもひあれば袖にほたるをつつみてもいはばや物をとふ人はなし

omoi areba sode ni hotaru o tsutsumite mo iwaba ya mono o tou hito wa nashi

I am filled with passion’s fire, but Even should my sleeves fireflies Wrap up, ‘What do you ponder on?’— There’s no one to enquire of me…

226[2]

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[1] Shikashū VII: 211: Composed to be presented as part of a hundred poem sequence, when former Emperor Reizei was Crown Prince.

[2] Shinkokinshū XI: 1032: Composed on the conception of summer love, when the Regent and Palace Minister held a poetry contest at his residence.

Round One Hundred and Twelve

Left

夏かりのたまえのあしをふみしだきむれゐるとりのたつそらぞなき

natsukari no tamae no ashi o fumishidaki mure’iru tori no tatsu sora zo naki

Reaped in summer The reeds of Tamae Lie trampled all around For the flocking birds Cannot take wing into this sky.

Minamoto no Shigeyuki
223[1]

Right

くれて行く春のみなとはしらねどもかすみにおつるうぢのしばぶね

kurete yuku haru no minato wa shiranedomo kasumi ni otsuru uji no shibabune

Departing Spring’s home port lies I know not where, yet Beneath the haze Boats carry firewood on the Uji River.[2]

Monk Jakuren
224[2]

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[1] Goshūishū III: 219: Topic unknown.

[3] Shinkokinshū II: 219: When he presented a fifty poem sequence.

Round One Hundred and Eleven

Left

うしといひて世をひたすらにそむかねば物おもひしらぬみとや成りなん

ushi to iite yo o hitasura ni somukaneba mono’omoi shiranu mi to ya narinan

How hard it is, you say, but This mundane world, earnestly You are unable to abandon, so Gloomy thoughts unknown To you seem, do they not?

221[1]

Right

われゆゑのなみだとこれをよそにみばあはれなるべき袖のうへかな

ware yue no namida to kore o yoso ni miba aware narubeki sode no ue kana

Should my Tears she View from afar, Would she pity them Resting atop my sleeves!

222[2]

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[1] Motosuke-shū 214: Sent to a certain person.

[2] Senzaishū XII: 757: Topic unknown.

Round One Hundred and Ten

Left

おほゐ川ゐせきの水のわくらばにけふはたのめしくれにやはあらぬ

ōigawa iseki no mizu no wakuraba ni kyō wa tanomeshi kure ni ya aranu

Upon the Ōi River At the weirs the waters Seethe—for once Today you had promised me The evening, had you not?

219[1]

Right

たれとしもしらぬ別のかなしきはまつらがおきをいづるふな人

tare to shimo shiranu wakare no kanashiki wa matsura ga oki o izuru funabito

Who that is I know not, but parting’s Sadness strikes On the offing at Matsura where He departs on his boat…

220[2]

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[1] Shinkokinshū XIII: 1194: Topic unknown.

[2] Shinkokinshū IX: 883: When Cloistered Prince Shukaku ordered him to compose a fifty poem sequence.