Round Forty-Eight

Left

みかのはらわきてながるるいづみ河いつみきとてか恋しかるらん

mika no hara wakite nagaruru izumigawa itsu miki tote ka koishikaruran

Across the fields at Mika Runs The river Kizu When was it there we met That I should love you so?

95[i]

Right

いかりおろすかたこそなけれいせの海のしほひにかかるあまのつり舟

ikari orosu kata koso nakere ise no umi no shiohi ni kakaru ama no tsuribune

To drop anchor Is there no way at all, so At the sea off Ise Caught by the lowering tide are The seafolk’s fishing boats…

96[ii]

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[i] SKKS XI: 996: Topic unknown.

[ii] This poem is not listed as occurring in any other anthology, or collection.