Round Twenty-Five
Left
恋ひしなん後は煙とのぼりなばたなびく雲をそれとだにみよ
koishinan
nochi wa keburi to
noborinaba
tanabiku kumo o
sore to dani miyo | I shall die of love for you, and
After as smoke
Shall rise, then
The trailing clouds
Behold and think of me! |
Iemoto
49
Right
我が身だに思ふにたがふ物なればことわりなりや人のつらきは
wa ga mi dani
omou ni tagau
mono nareba
kotowarinari ya
hito no tsuraki wa | My sorry self
Differs from what I had thought
So I suppose
It’s natural, isn’t it—
That she should be so cruel… |
Moromitsu
50
The Right made me feel that’s how it is. It’s charming.
Composed on fallen blossom.
花さそふあらしの庭の雪ならでふりゆく物は我が身なりけり
hana sasou
arashi no niwa no
yuki narade
furiyuku mono wa
wagami narikeri | Enticing the blossom,
The storm wind to my garden
Brings not the snow, instead
Fallen into age is
My sorry self. |
The Lay Priest and Former Palace Minister
Created with Soan.
Left (Tie)
あふことのきみにたえにしわがみよりいくらのなみだながれいでぬらむ
au koto no
kimi ni taenishi
wa ga mi yori
ikura no namida
nagare’idenuramu | My meetings with
You, my lord, have ceased, and
From my flesh
What a torrent of tears
Flow out! |
Ise
59
Right
きみこひのあまりにしかばしのぶれどひとのしるらんことのわびしさ
kimi koi no
amari nishikaba
shinoburedo
hito no shiruran
koto no wabishiki | Loving you
Beyond all measure,
I kept it secret, yet
That folk seem to know
Is a cause of heartache. |
Tsurayuki
60
On hearing His Highness, the Prince of the Right remark in irritation that the Left’s poem had appealed to His Majesty’s heart, His Majesty composed
ゆきかへりちどりなくなるはまゆふのこころへだてておもふものかは
yukikaeri
chidori naku naru
hamayū no
kokoro hedatete
omou mono ka wa | Going back and forth
Plovers cry from
The beach among the spider lilies
Do their hearts distinguish
Do you think? |
His Majesty
61
'Simply moving and elegant'
