Round Thirty-One
Left
むらさきに色もかはらずあけ衣我がくろかみの白く成るまで
murasaki ni
iro mo kawarazu
akegoromo
wa ga kurokami no
shirokunaru made | To violet
Hues will never change
My robes of red
Until my tresses of black
Have turned grey… |
Masashige
61
Right (Win)
世をもいとふ世にも我が身のいとはれてはなれがたきぞあやしかりける
yo o mo itou
yo ni mo wa ga mi no
itowarete
hanaregataki zo
ayashikarikeri | By this world that I hate so
My sorry self in turn
Is hated, so
That it is so hard to leave
Is a strange thing, indeed. |
Kūnin
62
The Left isn’t bad, but as for the Right, well, it truly is a strange thing, isn’t it.
Composed on a plant.
紫 糸乎曽吾搓 足檜之 山橘乎 将貫跡念而
murasaki no
ito wo zo pa ga yoru
asipiki no
yamatatibana wo
nukamu to omopite | Violet threads
I do twist—
The leg-wearying mountain
Marlberries
Thinking to thread upon them… |
Anonymous
Left (Tie)
むらさきにあふみづなれやかきつばたそこのいろさへかはらざるらむ
murasaki ni
au mizu nare ya
kakitsubata
soko no iro sae
kawararuramu | Violet
Suits the water here!
Irises
The hues beneath
Seem to have changed. |
Mitsune
45
Right
ほととぎすこゑのみするはふくかぜのおとはのやまになけばなりけり
hototogisu
koe nomi suru wa
fuku kaze no
otowa no yama ni
nakeba narikeri | A cuckoo’s
Call alone upon
The gusting wind;
Wingbeats sound on
Otowa Mountain
Where he does sing. |
46
Left (Tie)
かけてのみみつつぞしのぶむらさきにいくしほそめしふぢのはなぞも
kakete nomi
mitsutsu zo shinobu
murasaki ni
iku shiosomeshi
fuji no hana zo mo | Hanging there do I
Ever gaze with wonder on
Their violet hues—
How many dippings dyed
The wisteria blossom so? |
Mitsune
33
Right
みなそこにしづめるはなのかげみればはるのふかくもなりにけるかな
minasoko ni
shizumeru hana no
kage mireba
haru no fukaku mo
narinikeru kana | When in the water’s depths
Sunken blossoms’
Shapes I see,
How deep the springtime
Has become! |
Korenori
34
Left (Win)
むさしのにいろやかよへるふぢのはなわかむらさきにそめてみゆらむ
musashino ni
iro ya kayoeru
fuji no hana
wakamurasaki ni
somete miyuramu | On Musashi Plain
Are their colours blending?
The wisteria blossom has
The gromwell with violet
Dyed, it seems… |
29
Right
あかずしてすぎゆくはるをよぶこどりよびかへしつときてもつげなむ
akazushite
sugiyuku haru o
yobukodori
yobikaeshitsu to
kite mo tsugenamu | Unsated by
The passage of spring,
The songbird
Has called it back—that
Is what I would have him announce! |
Okikaze 30
Evergreens
ちりかはる心なけれどみやまぎのときはは秋もしられざりけり
chirikawaru
kokoro nakeredo
miyamagi no
tokiwa wa aki mo
shirarezarikeri | A flighty
Heart, has it not, yet
Deep within the mountains, that the trees
Are evergreen, even the autumn
Seems not to know… |
19
Gentian
した草の花をみつればむらさきに秋さへふかくなりにけるかな
shitagusa no
hana o mitsureba
murasaki ni
aki sae fukaku
narinikeru kana | When in the undergrowth
Flowers I do see, their
Violet in
Autum much deeper
Has become! |
20
Coming of Age 元服
むらさきのはつもとゆひにむすびおかんつるばみの衣ちとせふるまで
murasaki no
hatsu motoyui ni
musubiokan
tsurubami no kinu
chitose furu made | With violet was
Your first topknot
Tied for now;
May you wear noble, dark grey garb
Until a thousand years have passed! |
Daishin
Coming of Age 元服
むらさきのはつもとゆひをむすぶより君がくらゐの山をしぞ思ふ
murasaki no
hatsu motoyui o
musubu yori
kimi ga kurai no
yama o shi zo omou | With violet was
Your first topknot
Tied – since then
My Lord, your status
Reminds me of a mountain’s lofty heights. |
Higo
Coming of Age 元服
むらさきのやしほの色をもどかねどいつもとゆひをゆひ初むるかな
murasaki no
yashio no iro o
modokanedo
itsu motoyui o
yuihajimuru kana | This violet
Deeply dipped hue
I cannot fault, yet
When will a topknot
First be tied, I wonder! |
Tadafusa
Coming of Age 元服
こよひゆふはつもとゆひのむらさきのま袖の色にはやもなりなん
koyoi yuu
hatsu motoyui no
murasaki no
masode no iro ni
haya mo narinan | This eve is tied
Your first topknot
With violet
Hues I would your fair sleeve
Swiftly, too, be coloured! |
Nakazane
'Simply moving and elegant'
