Jidai fudō uta’awase 42

Round Forty-Two

Left

はかなくもあけにけるかな朝露のおきてののちぞきえまさりける

hakanaku mo
akenikeru kana
asatsuyu no
okite no nochi zo
kiemasarikeru
How swiftly
Dawn has broken!
The morning dew
Arises, then
Vanishes so skillfully—as do you!

83[i]

Right

ながらへてかはるこころをみるよりはあふにいのちをかへてましやは

nagaraete
kawaru kokoro o
miru yori wa
au ni inochi o
kaetemashi ya wa
To live on and
Your inconstant heart
See—Would I rather
For a meeting my life
Exchange

84[ii]


[i] SKKS XIII: 1171: Presented to the Ōmi Concubine.

[ii] A minor variant on SZS XIV: 881: Composed on the conception of unmet love with varying emotions, when he was ordered to produce a hundred poem sequence.

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