Left – Chrysanthemums
きくをうゑて花おもほゆるけふよりはながづきをこそまちわたりけれ
kiku o uete hana omohoyuru kyō yori wa nagazuki o koso machiwatarikere I planted chrysanthemums, and
13a
きくをうゑて花おもほゆる今よりはながづきをこそまちわたりけれ
kiku o uete hana omohoyuru ima yori wa nagazuki o koso machiwatarikere I planted chrysanthemums, and
13b
Right
よにふれどおいもしられぬものなればいまよりうゑつながづきのきく
yo ni furedo oi mo shirarenu mono nareba ima yori uetsu nagazuki no kiku My life goes by, yet
14a
よにふれどおいもしられぬものなればいまよりうつすながづきのきく
yo ni furedo oi mo shirarenu mono nareba ima yori utsusu nagazuki no kiku My life goes by, yet
14b
Left (Tie)
あふことをまつとなげきしときよりもたなばたつめはいまやわぶらむ
au koto o matsu to nagekishi toki yori mo tanabatatsume wa ima ya waburamu For a meeting
5
Right
ながきよにつくすともなきたなばたのこひはそらにやもりわたるらん
nagaki yo ni tsukusu tomo naki tanabata no koi wa sora ni ya moriwataruran The long night through
6
Left
うつつにもゆめにもひとによるしあへばくれゆくばかりうれしきはなし
utsutsu ni mo yume ni mo hito ni yoru shi aeba kureyuku bakari ureshiki wa nashi In reality and
Mitsune
Right (Win)
たまもかるあまとはなしにきみこふるわがころもでのかわくときなき
tamamo karu ama to wa nashi ni kimi kouru wa ga koromode no kawaku toki naki Reaping gemweed,
58
Left
いそのかみふるのやまべのさくらばなこぞみしはなのいろやのこれる
isonokami furu no yamabe no sakurabana kozo mishi hana no iro ya nokoreru In Isonokami
Suekata[i]
Right
ほどもなくちりなむものをさくらばなここらひささもまたせつるかな
hodo mo naku chirinamu mono o sakurabana kokora hisasa mo matasetsuru kana Before a moment’s gone
Ise
The Left only shows affection for the past year, and lacks a conception of the current one—a loss.
[i] Suekata 季方.The identity of this poet is unclear. Hagitani (1963, 174) suggests he could have been the son of any one of a number of nobles: Prince Koga 興我王 (dates unknown); Fujiwara no Toshiyuki 藤原敏行 (?-901/07); Fujiwara no Sugane 藤原菅根 (856-908); or the younger brother of Taira no Atsuyuki 平篤行 (?-910).
'Simply moving and elegant'
