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.