Round One Hundred and Twenty-Three

Left

天原そらさへさえやわたるらんこほりとみゆる冬のよの月

ama no hara sora sae sae ya wataruran kōri to miyuru fuyu no yo no tsuki

The plain of Heaven, The sky, so coldly Does it seem to cross, Ice, it does appear, The moon upon a winter’s night.

245[1]

Right

木間よりひれふる袖をよそに見ていかがはすべき松浦さよ姫

ko no ma yori hire furu sode o yoso ni mite ikaga wa subeki matsura sayohime

Between the trees Her waving stole and sleeves I distantly see— O, what should I do for Sayohime at Matsura!

246[2]

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[1] Shūishū IV: 242: Composed gazing at the moon.

[2] Senzaishū XIV: 847: Composed on the conception of love, when a hundred poem sequence was presented for former Emperor Horikawa.