Left (Win).
なきかげに親のいさめはそむきにき子を思ふ道の心よはさに
| nakikage ni oya no isame wa somukiniki ko o omou michi no kokoro yowasa ni |
My late Father’s teachings I have ignored completely: Love for my children is the path Followed by my feeble heart… |
185
Right.
つゐに又いかにうき名のとゞまらむ心ひとつの世をば慙づれど
| tsui ni mata ika ni ukina no todomaramu kokoro hitotsu no yo oba hazuredo |
In the end and yet again What evil name Will remain? Though, in my heart, alone The world is a source of shame… |
186
Left (Tie).
和歌の浦やなぎたる朝のみをつくし朽ちねかひなき名だに殘らで
| waka no ura yanagitaru asa no miotsukushi kuchine kainaki na dani nokorade |
At Waka Bay In the calm of morning, The channel buoys stand: exhausted I crumble, not even my useless Name remaining to me. |
183
Right (Tie).
思ひかね我夕暮の秋の日に三笠の山はさしはなれにき
| omoikane ware yūgure no aki no hi ni mikasa no yama wa sashihanareniki |
I cannot think on it more: Here, in my evening, Autumn days, Mikasa Mountain is Far away, indeed… |
184
Left (Tie).
あらし吹月の主は我ひとり花こそ宿と人も尋ぬれ
| arashi fuku tsuki no aruji wa ware hitori hana koso yado to hito mo tazunure |
As the wild wind blows, The master, gazing at the moon, Is me, in solitude; The blossoms and the dwelling, both, Are what folk come to visit! |
181
Right (Tie).
うきよりは住みよかりけりと計よ跡なき霜に杉たてる庭
| uki yori wa sumi yokarikeri to bakari yo ato naki shimo ni sugi tateru niwa |
The cruelties of the world Make it the best place to live, They say: No footfalls mar the frost on My garden, where the cedar stands. |
182
Left (Tie).
見し人のなき數まさる秋の暮わかれ馴たる心地こそせね
| mishi hito no naki kazu masaru aki no kure wakare naretaru kokochi koso sene |
Folk I’ve known Die in numbers increasing, This autumn dusking; yet still Accustomed to such partings Am I not… |
179
Right (Tie).
たのまれぬ夢てふものゝうき世には戀しき人のえやは見えける
| tanomarenu yume chō mono no ukiyo ni wa koishiki hito no e ya wa miekeru |
How fickle are These things called dreams, in A world so cruel: My beloved I can not expect to see… |
180
Left (Tie).
世の中を思ふ軒端の忍草いく代の宿と荒れかはてなん
| yo no naka o omou nokiba no shinobugusa iku yo no yado to are ka hatenan |
The everyday world stands In my thoughts, as beneath my eaves, The ferns, each one a frond of memory: How many ages has my dwelling stood, Now falling to desolation? |
177
Right (Tie).
たまゆらの露も涙もとゞまらずなき人こふる宿の秋風
| tamayura no tsuyu mo namida mo todomarazu nakibito kōru yado no akikaze |
Gemlet Dewdrops and tears both, Stay not; She who is gone loved so This house, brushed by autumn winds… |
178
Left (Tie).
都出でゝあさたつ山の手向より露置とめぬ秋風ぞ吹
| miyako idete asa tatsu yama no tamuke yori tsuyu okitomenu akikaze zo fuku |
Leaving the Capital, Departing with the morn, mountain Made offerings, are Stripped of dewdrops, by The gusting Autumn wind. |
175
Right (Tie).
旅人の袖吹かへす秋風に夕日さびしき山の梯
| tabibito no sode fukikaesu akikaze ni yūhi ni sabishiki yama no kakehashi |
A traveller’s Sleeves turned inside-out By the autumn wind: Desolate in the evening sunlight, A span between the mountain crags… |
176
Left (Tie).
ことゝへよ思ひおきつの濱千鳥なくなくいでし跡の月影
| koto toeyo omoi okitsu no hama chidori nakunaku ideshi ato no tsukikage |
Ask after Fond remembrances, Okitsu Beach-bound plovers, Crying, calling did I depart, Merely moonlight remaining… |
173
Right (Tie).
關の戸をさそひし人は出でやらで有明の月のさやの中山
| seki no to o sasoishi hito wa ideyarade ariake no tsuki no saya no nakayama |
To the barrier-gate Did he invite me, yet Left it not; The dawnbreak moon upon The mountain ‘tween brief nights. |
174
Left (Tie).
忘れなむ松となつげそなかなかに因幡の山の峰の秋風
| wasurenamu matsu to na tsuge so nakanaka ni inaba no yama no mine no akikaze |
I would forget! And of my pining, tell no-one – That would be preferable, by far! Around Inaba Mountain’s Peak, gusting autumn wind. |
171
Right (Tie).
いづくにかこよひは宿をかり衣日もゆふぐれの峰の嵐に
| izuku ni ka koyoi wa yado o karikoromo hi mo yūgure no mine no arashi ni |
O, where This night shelter might I Find, my hunting-garb’s Belt tied day and night, Against the stormwind from the peaks… |
172
Left (Win).
忘るなよやどるたもとは變るともかたみにしぼる袖の月かげ
| wasuru na yo yadoru tamoto wa kawaru tomo katami ni shiboru sode no tsukikage |
O, forget me not! In your journey’s lodging, your sleeves May change, yet For a keepsake wring From them drops of moonlight. |
169
Right.
わかれても心へだつな旅衣幾えかさなる山路なりとも
| wakaretemo kokoro hedatsu na tabi koromo ikue kasanaru yamaji naritomo |
Though we may part, Keep me not from your heart, Though journey garb In many piled layers Of mountain paths lie in-between. |
170
Left (Win).
もしほ汲袖の月かげをのづからよそにあかさぬ須磨の浦人
| moshio kumu sode no tsukikage onozukara yoso ni akasanu suma no urabito |
Scooping seaweed salt, With moon-drenched sleeves: Naturally, This brings no light to The folk of Suma Bay. |
167
Right.
蟲明の松としらせよ袖の上にしぼりしまゝの波の月かげ
| mushiake no matsu to shiraseyo sode no ue ni shiborishi mama no nami no tsukikage |
‘At Mushiake I pine!’ – tell him that; From my sleeves Have I ever wrung Waves of moonlight. |
168