Sengohyakuban uta’awase 715

Left (Tie)

あきの夜は雲もこころやありあけのかたぶくまでもすめる月かな

aki no yo wa
kumo mo kokoro ya
ariake no
katabuku made mo
sumeru tsuki kana
On an autumn night
Do the clouds, too, have feelings?
Until at dawn
Sets
The moon, so clear?

Lord Takanobu
1427

Right

月見ばとたのめかおきし人はこであさぢが露にまつむしぞなく

tsuki miba to
tanome’okishi
hito wa kode
asaji ga tsuyu ni
matsumushi zo naku
‘When we see the moon…’
Did he promise, before, but
That man has failed to come, and
From the dewy cogon grass
The pine crickets cry!

Lord Ietaka
1428

Judgement:

日かずへぬとやまのつゆにしをるそできつつなれこしから衣かは

hikazu henu
toyama no tsuyu ni
shioru sode
kitsutsunarekoshi
karakoromo ka wa
Days have passed, and
The familiar mountains’ dew
Weighs down my sleeves,
So used am I to wearing
A Cathay robe, no doubt!

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