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夏なればやどにふすぶるかやり火のいつまでわが身したもえをせむ
| natu nareba yado no fusuburu kayaribi no itu made wa ga mi sitamoe wo semu | ‘Tis summer, so My house is wreathed by Smudge pots How long must my sorry self Secretly smoulder with passion? |
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Daikōtaigōgū daijin kiyosuke-ason ke uta’awase 31
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.
Daikōtaigōgū daijin kiyosuke-ason ke uta’awase 30
Round Thirty
Personal Grievances
Left (Tie)
としをへて梅も桜もさくものを我が身のはるにまちぞかねぬる
| toshi o hete ume mo sakura mo saku mono o wa ga mi no haru ni machi zo kanenuru | The years go by and The plum and cherry, too, Burst into bloom, yet For the springtime of my sorry self It is so hard to have waited! |
Kiyosuke
59
Right
数ならで年へぬる身は今さらに世をうしとだにおもはざりけり
| kazu narade toshi henuru mi wa ima sara ni yo o ushi to dani omowazarikeri | Innumerable are The years I’ve passed, but Right now, that The world is a cruel place, even I do not think. |
Shun’e
60
Both of these have no faults to point out, but also no superlative parts either.
Daikōtaigōgū daijin kiyosuke-ason ke uta’awase 29
Round Twenty-Nine
Left (Win)
君やあらぬ我が身やあらぬおぼつかなたのめしことのみなかはりぬる
| kimi ya aranu wa ga mi ya aranu obotsukana tanomeshi koto no mina kawarinuru | Aren’t you who you once were? Aren’t I who I was then? How strange that All we trusted in Has changed. |
Shun’e
57
Right
恋ひしなん命ぞをしきつれもなき人にしも身をかへんねたさに
| koishinan inochi zo oshiki tsure mo naki hito ni shimo mi o kaen netasa ni | That I would die of love Makes me regret my life! But for that cruel Girl should I Exchange myself—exasperating! |
Yorisuke
58
I feel the left is old-fashioned, isn’t it? And yet, it is not without feeling. The Right does not have a poor conception, but its diction is insufficient.
