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Kanpyō no ōntoki chūgū uta’awase 13

Round Thirteen

Left

うらちかくふりくる雪はしら波のすゑの松山こすかとぞみる

ura chikaku
furikuru yuki wa
shiranami no
sue no matsuyama
kosu ka to zo miru
Close by the beach
The snow comes falling upon
The whitecaps—that
The pine-topped peak of Sue
The might o’ercome it does appear!

Fujiwara no Okikaze
24

Right

みよしのの山の白雪つもるらしふる里さむく成りまさるなり

miyoshino no
yama no shirayuki
tsumorurashi
furusato samuku
narimasaru nari
On fair Yoshino
Mountain white snow fall
Drifts high, it seems,
For in this ancient place the chill
Grows ever stronger.

Sakanoue no Korenori
25[1]


[1] Kokinshū VI: 325: Composed at the place he was staying when he had gone to the Nara capital.

Horikawa-in enjo awase 7

なごのうみの浦べにおふる浜つづらたえまくるしき物をこそ思へ

nago no umi no
urabe ni ouru
hamatsuzura
taema kurushiki
mono o koso omoe
At Nago, by the sea
Upon the beach grows
Chasteberry:
At the breaks between, sad
Indeed, are my thoughts.

Minister of Justice [Minamoto no] Toshisane
13

浜つづらたへまたへまを歎かせてくるしと思ふわがこころぞは

hamatsuzura
taema taema o
nagekasete
kurushi to omou
wa ga kokoro zo wa
Chasteberry:
The many breaks between
Do cause me grief, and
Pain is the feeling that
Fills my heart!

Kai, from the Shijō Palace
14

Koresada shinnō-ke uta’awase 2

はまちどりあきとしなればあさぎりにかたまどはしてなかぬ日ぞなき

hamachidori
aki to shinareba
asagiri ni
kata madowashite
nakanu hi zo naki
The plovers on the beach:
When the autumn comes,
In the morning mists
Do lose their way;
No day dawns without their cries…

3

あきくればみやまざとこそわびしけれよるはほたるをともしびにして[1]

aki kureba
miyamazato koso
wabishikere
yoru wa hotaru o
tomoshibi ni shite
When the autumn comes
My hut deep in the mountains
Is lonelier by far;
At night with fireflies
For my lantern.

4


[1] This poem also appears as Fubokushō 5545 where is it is listed as by Ōe no Chisato