Spring II: 29

Left (Tie).

見ぬ夜まで思殘さぬながめより昔にかすむ春の明ぼの

minu yo made
omoinokosanu
nagame yori
mukashi ni kasumu
haru no akebono
Invisible, in the past
There is nothing to regret,
Gazing,
Long ago upon the hazy
Springtime dawn.

A Servant Girl.

117

Right (Tie).

思ひ出でばおなじながめにかへるまで心に殘れ春のあけぼの

omoideba
onaji nagame ni
kaeru made
kokoro ni nokore
haru no akebono
Were I to think back,
Until this selfsame sight
Should return,
Let it in my heart remain:
This springtime dawn.

Nobusada.

118

Both teams praise the other’s poems this round, saying they are ‘satisifying.’

Shunzei says, ‘Both poems are on ‘spring dawn’, the Left ‘long ago hazed’ (mukashi ni kasumu) and the Right ‘remaining in the heart’ (kokoro ni nokore): both are equally charming in form and sense. This is a good tie.’

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