Round Forty-Three

Left

まくらよりまたしる人もなき恋をなみだせきあへずもらしつるかな

makura yori mata shiru hito mo naki koi o namida seki aezu morashitsuru kana

Other than my pillow Still not a soul should know Of my love, but My tears, ever undammed, Have leaked out!

Taira no Sadafun
85[i]

Right

をはつせの花のさかりをみわたせばかすみにまがふみねのしら雲

ohatsuse no hana no sakari o miwataseba kasumi ni magau ne no shirakumo

When at Hatsuse Across the blossoms’ profusion I cast my gaze Entangled in haze are The clouds of white upon the peak.

Senior Assistant Governor-General of Dazai, Shige’ie
86[ii]

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[i] KKS XIII: 670: Topic unknown.

[ii] SZS I: 74: Composed as a poem on blossom, when he held a poetry match.