Round Seventy-Seven

Left

人しれぬおもひはとしもへにけるをわれのみしるはこころなりけり

hito shirenu omoi wa toshi mo henikeru o ware nomi shiru wa kokoro narikeri

Unknown to all are My passionate thoughts as the years Go by, but I, alone am aware of them Held within my heart.

153[1]

Right

せをはやみいはにせかるるたき河のわれてもすゑにあはんとぞ思ふ

se o hayami iwa ni sekaruru takikawa no waretemo sue ni awan to zo omou

The fast-running rapids By rocks are blocked— A cataract Shattered, yet at the end How I long to meet her!

154[2]

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[1] A variant on a poem from Shūishū (XI: 673): Sent to a woman’s residence. 人しれぬ思ひは年もへにけれど我のみしるはかひなかりけり hito shirenu / omoi wa toshi mo / henikeredo / ware nomi shiru wa / kainakarikeri ‘’ The Ononomiya Grand Minister.

[2] SKS VII: 229: Topic unknown.