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.

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.