Round One Hundred and Eighteen

Left

秋の夜の月に心のあくがれて雲井に物をおもふ比かな

aki no yo no tsuki ni kokoro no akugarete kumoi ni mono o omou koro kana

On an autumn night The moon my heart Draws forth, and What lies beyond the clouds is The object of my thoughts then!

Former Emperor Kazan
235[1]

Right

ほととぎすなきつるかたをながむればただ有明の月ぞのこれる

hototogisu nakitsuru kata o nagamureba tada ariake no tsuki zo nokoreru

A cuckoo Calls from yonder – Gazing there, Only the daybreak Moon remains.

The Later Tokudaiji Minister of the Left
236[2]

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[1] Shikashū III: 106: Composed for the Palace Poetry Match in Kanna 2.

[2] Senzaishū III: 161: Composed in the conception of hearing a cuckoo at dawn.