Round One Hundred and Thirty

Left

ひぐらしの鳴くゆふぐれぞうかりけるいつもつきせぬ思ひなれども

higurashi no naku yūgure zo ukarikeru itsumo tsukisenu omoi naredomo

The sundown cicadas Crying in the evening, truly, Is so hard to bear, for Always endless Gloom does fill me, yet…

Fujiwara no Nagayoshi
259[1]

Right

あさ日かげにほへる山のさくら花つれなくきえぬ雪かとぞみる

asahi kage nioeru yama no sakurabana tsurenaku kienu yuki ka to zo miru

Daybreak sunrise Lights the mountains’ Cherry blossom— A stubbornly resistant Snowfall do they seem to be?

Minister of the Treasury Ari’ie
260[2]

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[1] Shinkokinshū IV: 369: Topic unknown.

[2] Shinkokinshū I: 98: From the Poetry Contest in 1500 Rounds.