Love and Waterfalls
山河の滝ははやくもおもほえず恋の涙ぞおちまさりける
| yamakawa no taki wa hayaku mo omohoezu koi no namida zo ochimasarikeru | A mountain river’s Waterfall flows swift Wouldn’t you think, but The tears of my love Faster fall by far. |
Kinoshita Takafumi
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GYS XVI: 2230
Sent when the Hōjōji Lay Priest and Former Regent was in seclusion at the Kiyomizu Temple.
滝のおともいかがきくらん都だにものあはれなる比にも有るかな
| taki no oto mo ikaga kikuran miyako dani mono’aware naru koro ni mo aru kana | The waterfall’s sound: Do you hear it, I wonder? Even in the capital My heart is moved At this time, too! |
Former Emperor Kazan
花山院御製
Horikawa-in enjo awase 20
あふせをば流れてとこそたのめしかいかにとだにも音なしのたき
| ause oba nagarete to koso tanomeshi ka ika ni to dani mo otonashi no taki | Our meeting, like the rapids, Will flow on—can I Trust in that? However much they seem The silenced cataract of Otonashi… |
Lady Ki
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すみわぶる名をながさじとつつむまにしばしよどむぞ音なしの滝
| sumiwaburu na no nagasaji to tsutsumu ma ni shibashi yodomu zo otonashi no taki | Living on in sorrow and Letting no word of it flow out— Thus wrapped up Briefly stilled has been The cataract of Otonashi. |
Supernumerary Minor Captain Morotoki
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Kanpyō no ōntoki chūgū uta’awase 3
Round Three
Left
氷とくはるたちくらしみよしののよしののたきのこゑまさるなり
| kōri toku haru tachikurashi miyoshino no yoshino no taki no koe masarunari | Ice melting Spring has come on scene, it seems; In fair Yoshino, Yoshino Falls’ Roar is fine, indeed! |
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Right (Win)
はなの色はかすみにこめてみえずともかをだにぬすめ春の山風
| hana no iro wa kasumi ni komete miezu tomo ka o dani nusume haru no yamakaze | The blossoms’ hues Have blended with the haze, so I see them not, yet Their very scent is plundered by Spring’s breezes from the mountains. |
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Kanpyō no ōntoki chūgū uta’awase 1
Spring
Round 1
Left
やま風にとくる氷のひまごとにうち出づる浪や春の初花
| yamakaze ni tokuru kōri no hima goto ni uchi’izuru nami ya haru no hatsuhana | With the mountain breeze The melting ice from Every crack Bursts out in waves, perhaps These are the first blooms of spring? |
Minamoto no Maszumi
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Right (Win)
春霞たつひの風のいとなれや滝のをとけて玉とみだるる
| harugasumi tatsu hi no kaze no ito nare ya taki no o tokete tama to midaruru | The haze of spring Arises with the breeze this day, so Will its streamers with The melting waterfall’s threaded Jewels become confused? |
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[1] Kokin rokujo I: 5