Round Sixty-One

Left

あさぢふのをののしの原しのぶれどあまりてなどか人の恋しき

asajū no ono no shinohara shinoburedo amarite nado ka hito no koishiki

Deep within the sharp-leaved cogon-grass Of the arrow-bamboo in Ono, Do I hide – no more: Why should it be that I do love you so?

Consultant Lord Minamoto no Hitoshi
121[i]

Right

おく露もしづ心なき秋かぜにみだれてさけるまののはぎ原

oku tsuyu mo shizukokoronaki akikaze ni midarete sakeru mano no hagiwara

The falling dew, too, Is unsettled by The autumn wind’s Confusion of the blooming Bush clover groves in Mano.

Ichi no Miya no Kii
122[ii]

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[i] GSS IX: 577/578: Sent to someone.

[ii] SKKS IV: 332: Topic unknown.