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SkKS IV: 413

When he presented a Hundred Poem Sequence to Former Emperor Sutoku.

秋かぜにたなびく雲のたえまよりもれいづる月のかげのさやけさ

akikaze ni
tanabiku kumo no
taema yori
more’izuru tsuki no
kage no sayakesa
The autumn wind
Streams clouds, and
From gaps between
Leaks the moon’s
Light, so clear and bright.

Master of the Left Capital Office Akisuke

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

Horikawa-in enjo awase 18

うきながら人もつらしとしりぬればことわりなくも落つる涙か

ukinagara
hito mo tsurashi to
shirinureba
kotowarinaku mo
otsuru namida ka
‘Tis cruel, but, that
Folk are heartless,
I know too well, so
Does it make no sense for
My tears to fall?

Kai, from the Shijō Palace
35

In reply.

かりそめのたえまを待つや恨むべきことわりなきは涙なりけり

karisome no
taema o matsu ya
uramubeki
kotowarinaki wa
namida narikeri
A temporary
Respite are you awaiting—
Should you hate that?
What makes no sense
Are your tears…

The Supernumerary Master of the Left Capital Office
36

Horikawa-in enjo awase 7

なごのうみの浦べにおふる浜つづらたえまくるしき物をこそ思へ

nago no umi no
urabe ni ouru
hamatsuzura
taema kurushiki
mono o koso omoe
At Nago, by the sea
Upon the beach grows
Chasteberry:
At the breaks between, sad
Indeed, are my thoughts.

Minister of Justice [Minamoto no] Toshisane
13

浜つづらたへまたへまを歎かせてくるしと思ふわがこころぞは

hamatsuzura
taema taema o
nagekasete
kurushi to omou
wa ga kokoro zo wa
Chasteberry:
The many breaks between
Do cause me grief, and
Pain is the feeling that
Fills my heart!

Kai, from the Shijō Palace
14