Round One Hundred and Twenty-Four

Left

かりにくとうらみし人のたえ行くを草葉につけて忍ぶころかな

kari ni ku to uramishi hito no taenishi o kusaba ni tsukete shinobu koro kana

But briefly would he come to reap, That wretched man- But he’s gone and Leaves of grass are All I do recall now.

Sone no Yoshitada
247[1]

Right

高砂の尾上のさくらさきにけりと山のかすみたたずもあらなん

takasago no onoe no sakura sakinikeri toyama no kasumi tatazu mo aranan

On Takasago’s Heights the cherries Have bloomed; O, I wish the haze around the nearby peaks Would not rise at all!

Former Middle Counsellor Masafusa
248[2]

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[1] Shinkokinshū III: 187: Topic unknown

[2] Goshūishū I: 120: Composed on the conception of gazing at mountain cherries in the distance, when people were drinking wine and composing poetry at the residence of the Minister of the Centre.