Round Seventy-Eight

Left

あなこひしはつかに人をみづのあわのきえかへるともしらせてしかな

ana koishi hatsuka ni hito o mizu no awa no kiekaeru tomo shiraseteshi kana

O, how strong my love! Faintly, a lady Did I see, who as foam upon the water Vanished once more, yet I had to let her know!

155[1]

Right

うたたねはをぎ吹くかぜにおどろけどながき夢ぢぞさむる時なき

utatane wa ogi fuki kaze ni odorokedo nagaki yumeji zo samuru toki naki

From my doze The wind upon the silver grass Has startled me, yet From this long path of dreams I awaken for not a moment.

156[2]

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[1] SIS XI: 636: Sent when he saw the Tsutsumi Middle Counsellor Lady of the Bedchamber.

[2] SKKS XVIII: 1804: Topic unknown.