Round One Hundred and Forty-Four

Left

あふことはこれやかぎりの旅ならん草のまくらも霜がれにけり

au koto wa kore ya kagiri no tabi naran kusa no makura mo shimogarenikeri

Will our meeting Here be the limit of Our journey? Our grassy pillow Seared by distant frosts…

287[1]

Right

おひかぜに八重のしほぢをこぐ舟のほのかにだにもあひみてしかな

oikaze ni yae no shioji o kogu fune no honoka ni dani mo aimiteshi kana

The pursuing wind Tracks ‘cross eightfold tidal paths To reach the boat a’rowing out, Its sails, so distant, but Even a glimpse of you would do!

288[2]

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[1] Shinkokinshū XIII: 1209: Major Captain of the Left Asamitsu had not visited her for a long time, when he came to see her on her travels; having no pillow, they wove one out of grass.

[2] Shinkokinshū XI: 1072: When His Majesty’s gentlemen were composing poems on love and the wind, during the reign of former emperor Toba.

Round One Hundred and Forty-Three

Left

いかなればしらぬにおふるうきぬなはくるしや心人しれずのみ

ika nareba shiranu ni ouru uki nunawa kurushi ya kokoro hito shirezu nomi

Why is that All unnoticed grows A floating water shield? How pained is a heart That no one knows at all…

285[1]

Right

たちかへる人をもなにかうらみまし恋しさをだにとどめざりせば

tachikaeru hito o mo nani ka uramimashi koishisa o dani todomezariseba

If he rises to return Why should he Be the object of my despite? If even his love He does not leave behind…

286[2]

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[1] Goshūishū XI: 606: Topic unknown.

[2] Senzaishū XIV: 852: Composed on the conception of love which fails to linger, when he composed ten love poems at the same residence.

Round One Hundred and Forty-One

Left

ねざめしてたれかきくらん此比の木葉にかかる夜半のしぐれを

nezameshite tare ka kikuran kono koro no ko no ha ni kakaru yowa no shigure o

Starting from sleep Who else might be listening, I wonder, At such a time To the rustling leaves In a midnight shower?

The Uma Handmaid
283[1]

Right

たちかへりまたやとはまし山かぜに花ちる里の人のこころを

tachikaeri mata ya towamashi yamakaze ni hana chiru sato no hito no kokoro o

Rising and returning Only to once more pay a curious call: The breeze from off the mountains Scattering blossom round the estate Where lies my lady’s heart…

Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Morotoki
284[2]

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[1] Senzaishū VI: 402: Topic unknown.

[2] Shinchokusenshū II: 82: Composed on a day during the reign of former Emperor Horikawa when the ladies of the court went to visit the blossom in the Eastern hills.

Round One Hundred and Forty

Left

夕されば荻吹くかぜの音まさるいまはたいかにねざめせられん

yū sareba ogi fuku kaze no oto masaru ima hata ika ni nezameseraren

When the evening falls Wind rustles in the reeds The sound growing ever stronger; Henceforth, completely Wide awake will I be, I think.

279[1]

Right

ひさかたのかつらのかげになくしかはひかりをかけて声ぞさやけき

hisakata no katsura no kage ni naku shika wa hikari o kakete koe zo sayakeki

In the eternal Silver trees’ glow The belling stag Is limned with light, and His voice sounds clear, indeed!

280[2]

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[1] Shinkokinshū IV: 303: Topic unknown.

[2] Entō ōn’uta’awase 65