Left
こひしきにねざめてみをぞうきなみのよるぞかなしきそでのひつまで
| koishiki ni nezamete mi o zo ukinami no yoru zo kanashiki sode no hitsu made | Filled with love I do awake, but Waves of depression drift, Breaking the night with sadness Until my sleeves are drenched through… |
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Right
うつつにもゆめにもみえずなりぬればさむるよなよなねをのみぞなく
| utsutsu ni mo yume ni mo miezu narinureba samuru yonayona ne o nomi zo naku | In both reality, and Dreams I see her not— When it comes to that, then On waking night after night Will I simply weep! |
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The two princes of former Emperor Yōzei held a poetry match, occupying the Left and Right on the topics of ‘love on waking’ and ‘love after a dawn parting’.
Love on Waking
Left
ねてよりもさめてののちのわびしきはつらきうつつにまどふなりけり
| nete yori mo samete no nochi no wabishiki wa tsuraki utsutsu ni madou narikeri | More than sleeping After waking is Sad and lonely— Cruel reality Leaves me lost. |
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Right
くやくやとまちてねざめにおきたればつきよりほかにいるひとぞなき
| kuyakuya to machite nezame ni okitareba tsuki yori hoka ni iru hito zo naki | Such painful thoughts Await me on waking When I arise Other than the moon There is no one here at all. |
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ぬる夢にうつつのうさもわすられておもひなぐさむほどぞはかなき
| nuru yume ni utsutsu no usa mo wasurarete omoinagusamu hodo zo hakanaki | On appearing in a dream, then Reality’s cold cruelties I will forget, and Be comforted For a brief, empty moment. |
Princess Yoshiko, Junior Consort
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 In dreams both, ‘tis her I meet at night, so Until the twilight comes I have no joy, at all. |
Mitsune
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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, A seaman, I am not, but Loving you, my lady, My sleeves are Dry for not a moment. |
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