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Yasuakira shinnō tachihaki no jin uta’awase 02

Crickets

Left

ゆふさればこゑふりたててきりぎりすつゆをさむみやよもすがらなく

yū sareba
koe furitatete
kirigirisu
tsuyu o samumi ya
yomosugara naku
When the evening comes
Louder grow the cries
Of the crickets—
Is it the dewdrops’ chill that
Has them cry the night away?

Yoshimine no Yukikara
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Right (Win – Tie in a certain text)

きりぎりすあきのよぶかくおもふかなねざめてきけどこゑのたえねば

kirigirisu
aki no yobukaku
omou kana
nezamete kikedo
koe no taeneba
Crickets
Deep on autumn nights
Do fill my thoughts!
I awaken and listen, yet
Their cries then fade away…

Miyaji no Okifuru
4

KYS IV: 270

Composed on plovers on the road to the barrier.

あはぢしまかよふちどりの鳴く声にいくよねざめぬすまの関もり

awajishima
kayou chidori no
naku koe ni
ikuyo nezamenu
suma no sekimori
Around Awaji Isle
The plovers fly about;
Their calling cries
Start him awake on how many nights—
The barrier warden of Suma?

Minamoto no Kanemasa

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

Uda-in uta’awase 8

Azaleas

Left

かりがねにおもひかけつつしのばなんあまつそらなるわが身なりとも

kari ga ne ni
omoikaketsutsu
shinobanan
ama tsu sora naru
wa ga mi naritomo
Upon the goose cries
Ever hang your thoughts, and
Remember, that
Within the sky-spanning heavens
I may yet be…

Sadafun
15

Right

うぐひすのこゑなつかしくなきつるはのちもこひつつしのばなむとか

uguisu no
koe natsukashiku
nakitsuru wa
nochi mo koitsutsu
shinobanamu to ka
Does the warbler’s
Song so charmingly
Ring out that
Later, ever fondly
Will he be remembered?

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