あふせをば流れてとこそたのめしかいかにとだにも音なしのたき
ause oba nagarete to koso tanomeshi ka ika ni to dani mo otonashi no taki | Our meeting, like the rapids, Will flow on—can I Trust in that? However much they seem The silenced cataract of Otonashi… |
Lady Ki
39
In reply.
すみわぶる名をながさじとつつむまにしばしよどむぞ音なしの滝
sumiwaburu na no nagasaji to tsutsumu ma ni shibashi yodomu zo otonashi no taki | Living on in sorrow and Letting no word of it flow out— Thus wrapped up Briefly stilled has been The cataract of Otonashi. |
Supernumerary Minor Captain Morotoki
40
つらきをば思ひはれじとおもへども身をしる雨の所せくかな
tsuraki oba omoihareji to omoedomo mi o shiru ame no tokoroseku kana | Your cruelty Would never vanish from my thoughts, I felt, but The gentle rain knows me too well— How unmanageable it is! |
Kodashin
37
In reply.
おもはずにふりそふ雨の歎をばみかさの山をさしてちかはん
omowazu ni furisou ame no nageki oba mikasa no yama o sashite chikanan | Unexpectedly, Rainfall covers all With grief, as On Mount Mikasa, my umbrella I raise as it draws near. |
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Toshitada
38
うきながら人もつらしとしりぬればことわりなくも落つる涙か
ukinagara hito mo tsurashi to shirinureba kotowarinaku mo otsuru namida ka | ‘Tis cruel, but, that Folk are heartless, I know too well, so Does it make no sense for My tears to fall? |
Kai, from the Shijō Palace
35
In reply.
かりそめのたえまを待つや恨むべきことわりなきは涙なりけり
karisome no taema o matsu ya uramubeki kotowarinaki wa namida narikeri | A temporary Respite are you awaiting— Should you hate that? What makes no sense Are your tears… |
The Supernumerary Master of the Left Capital Office
36
玉さかに相坂山の真葛原まだうらわかし恨みはてじな
tamasaka ni aisakayama no makuzuwara mada urawakashi uramihateji na | By chance, On Aisaka Mountain The fields of arrowroot are Still so young— O, do not end up despising them! |
Lady Tsu, in service to the Former Kamo Virgin
33
In reply.
夏山の下はふくずのうらわかみまだきに露の心おくらん
natsuyama no shita hau kuzu no urawakami madaki ni tsuyu no kokoro okuran | On the summer mountains The arrowroot, creeping beneath, Seems so young that Swiftly will the dewdrops Fall upon its heart. |
The Minister of Justice
34
うらみかねさ夜の衣を人しれず思ひかへせどなぐさまぬかな
uramikane sayo no koromo o hito shirezu omoikaesedo nagusamanu kana | Unable to despise you, On this brief night, my robe, Unknown to all, I did reverse in constant thought of you, but It brought me no comfort, at all! |
Kii, from the Ichijō Palace
31
In reply.
ひたすらにさよの衣にことよせてうらなき人を恨みざらなん
hitasura ni sayo no koromo ni kotoyosete uranaki hito o uramizaranan | Truly, On this brief night, your robe Is but a pretext— An unfeeling lady I would not despise! |
The Governor of Mimasaka
32
Round Seventeen
Left
東路のさやの中山なかなかに見えぬものからこひしかるらん
azumaji no saya no nakayama nakanaka ni mienu mono kara koishikaruran | On eastern roads lies Saya no Nakayama: I really Cannot see it at all, so I seem to love it all the more… |
32
Right
This poem is missing from the surviving texts of the contest.
Round Sixteen
Left
ひとたびもこひしとおもふに恋しきは心ぞそらにくだくべらなる
hitotabi mo koishi to omou ni koishiki wa kokoro zo sora ni kudakuberanaru | Briefly Did I love you, I feel, then My fondness with My heart into the skies Was surely shattered. |
30
Right
人を思ふ心はわれにあらねばや身のまどふだにしられざるらん
hito o omou kokoro wa ware ni araneba ya mi no madou dani shirazaruran | A loving Heart do I Have not? For Even confused feelings I do not seem to feel… |
31
Round Fifteen
Left
逢ふ事のかたきしなれば白波の立ちよる数はわれのみぞしる
au koto no katakishi nareba shiranami no tachiyoru kazu wa ware nomi zo shiru | Meeting you is A distant cliff, so The whitecaps’ Numbers breaking there I alone do know. |
28
Right
佗びぬればしひてわすれんとおもへども心よわくも落つるなみだか
wabinureba shiite wasuren to omoedomo kokoro yowaku mo otsuru namida ka | I suffer, so I’ll make myself forget, I think, yet Is it my fragile heart that Drips with tears? |
29
Love
Round Fourteen
Left
逢ふ事をいづくなりともしらぬ身の我がたましひの猶まどふかな
au koto o izuku nari tomo shiranu mi no wa ga tamashii no nao madou kana | Meeting you, When will it be? Not knowing that My soul is Yet lost! |
26
Right (Win)
あふことはまつにてとしのへぬるかな身はすみの江におひぬものから
au koto wa matsu nite toshi no henuru kana mi wa suminoe ni oinu mono kara | To meet with you I have pined, and the years Have passed! For my flesh at Suminoe Has grown… |
27
Round Thirteen
Left
うらちかくふりくる雪はしら波のすゑの松山こすかとぞみる
ura chikaku furikuru yuki wa shiranami no sue no matsuyama kosu ka to zo miru | Close by the beach The snow comes falling upon The whitecaps—that The pine-topped peak of Sue The might o’ercome it does appear! |
Fujiwara no Okikaze
24
Right
みよしのの山の白雪つもるらしふる里さむく成りまさるなり
miyoshino no yama no shirayuki tsumorurashi furusato samuku narimasaru nari | On fair Yoshino Mountain white snow fall Drifts high, it seems, For in this ancient place the chill Grows ever stronger. |
Sakanoue no Korenori
25[1]
[1] Kokinshū VI: 325: Composed at the place he was staying when he had gone to the Nara capital.
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