Round One Hundred and Twenty-Nine

Left

身をすててふかきふちにも入りぬべしそこの心のしらまほしさに

mi o sutete fukaki fuchi ni mo irinubeshi soko no kokoro no shiramahoshisa ni

I shall cast off all restraint, and Into a deep pool, indeed, Plunge— For at the bottom your heart’s depths I would come to know…

257[1]

Right

おもひねのわれのみかよふゆめぢにもあひみてかへる暁ぞなき

omoine no ware nomi kayou yumeji ni mo aimite kaeru akatsuki zo naki

Loving you, I sleep, but I, alone, go back and forth Upon the path of dreams; To glimpse and meet you, then return— I have no such dawnings.

258[2]

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[1] Goshūishū XI: 647: When a woman told him to throw himself into a pool.

[2] Shinchokusenshū XV: 973: Topic unknown.