Round Thirty-One
Left
むらさきに色もかはらずあけ衣我がくろかみの白く成るまで
murasaki ni
iro mo kawarazu
akegoromo
wa ga kurokami no
shirokunaru made | To violet
Hues will never change
My robes of red
Until my tresses of black
Have turned grey… |
Masashige
61
Right (Win)
世をもいとふ世にも我が身のいとはれてはなれがたきぞあやしかりける
yo o mo itou
yo ni mo wa ga mi no
itowarete
hanaregataki zo
ayashikarikeri | By this world that I hate so
My sorry self in turn
Is hated, so
That it is so hard to leave
Is a strange thing, indeed. |
Kūnin
62
The Left isn’t bad, but as for the Right, well, it truly is a strange thing, isn’t it.
Topic unknown.
くろかみにしろかみまじりおふるまでかかるこひにはいまだあはざるに
kurokami ni
sirokami maziri
oFuru made
kakaru koFi ni Fa
imada aFazaru ni | Among my tresses of black
Will strands of white, mixed in,
Grow, but until then
Such a love as this
Never will I meet again… |
Lady Sakanoue
Created with Soan.
On parting from love.
しばしとてひがふる衣の後手にとりぞへらるる黒髪も憂し
shibashi tote
hi ga furuginu no
ushirode ni
tori zo heraruru
kurokami mo ushi |
Swiftly
Pass the days – across a worn out robe’s
Back
Pass birds, while
Black tresses bring only sorrow. |
Shōtetsu
正徹
Left (Tie).
せめておもふ今一度のあふことは渡らん河や契なるべき
semete omou
ima hitotabi no
au koto wa
wataran kawa ya
chigiri narubeki |
Do I feel, at least,
Now, once more
To meet with you, that
I would cross death’s river from
The bond we share? |
143
Right (Tie).
かきやりしその黑髪のすぢごとにうち臥すほどは面影ぞたつ
kakiyarishi
sono kurokami no
sujigoto ni
uchifusu hodo wa
omokage zo tatsu |
I combed
Your black tresses
Strand by strand;
Now I lay me down alone,
Your face stands out before me. |
144
'Simply moving and elegant'
