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Sahyōe no suke sadafumi uta’awase 18

Left

あひみてはむつましくこそなるときけつれなさのみもまさるきみかな

aimite wa
mutsumashiku koso
naru to kike
tsurenasa nomi mo
masaru kimi kana
On meeting
So kind would
She become, I heard, but
Simply in cruelty does
That lady excel!

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Right (Win)

あかずしてわかれし人をゆめにみてうつつにさへもおつるなみだか

akazushite
wakareshi hito o
yume ni mite
utsutsu ni sae mo
otsuru namida ka
Unsated
Did I part from her to
See her in my dreams, but
Even in the waking world
Will my tears fall?

36

Sahyōe no suke sadafumi uta’awase 14

Left (Tie)

こひわびぬかなしきこともなぐさめむいづれなぐさのはまべなるらむ

koiwabinu
kanashiki koto mo
nagusamemu
izure nagusa no
hamabe naruramu
Suffering the pain of love and
Sadness, too,
I would be consoled, so
Where might Nagusa
Beach lie, I wonder?

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Right

みぬ人のこひしきやなぞおぼつかなたれとかしらむゆめにみゆとも

minu hito no
koishiki ya nazo
obotsukana
tare to ka shiramu
yume ni miyutomo
An unseen lady
Do I love, but why?
How strange it is—
Is there any might know,
Though I glimpse her in my dreams…

Mitsune
28

Uda-in uta’awase 4

Scarlet Plum Blossom

Left

あひがたき人をばさらにみしころはいのはなれてはねられざりけり

aigataki
hito oba sara ni
mishi koro wa
i no hanarete wa
nerarezarikeri
Hard to meet
Her it was, but finally,
I saw her once more, then
Being parted
Robbed me of my sleep.

Tsurayuki
7

Right (Win)

わすれにし人をぞゆめになほこむはいのはなやかにねられてぞみる

wasurenishi
hito o zo yume ni
nao komu wa
i no hanayaka ni
nerarete zo miru
Forgotten by
A lady who to my dreams
Does yet come, so
In sleep, clearly,
When sleeping only do I see her!

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KKS XII: 569

A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Empress Dowager during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.

わびぬればしひて忘れむと思へども夢てふものぞ人だのめなる

wabinureba
siFite wasuremu to
omoFedomo
yume teFu mono zo
Fito danome naru
I suffered, so
To make myself forget you
I did think, yet
Dreams are such that
They raise one’s hopes…

Fujiwara no Okikaze