Lilac Daphne

Left (Tie)

かたをかにひのはなばなにみえつるはこのもかのもにたれかつけつる

kataoka ni hi no hanabana ni mietsuru wa konomo kanomo ni tare katsuketsuru

Upon the hillside The fires as flowers Do appear— Here and there, Who has kindled them?

Tsurayuki
17

Right

わたつみのおきなかにひのはなれいでてもゆとみゆるはあまつほしかも

watatsumi no oki naka ni hi no hanare’idete moyu to miyuru wa ama tsu hoshi kamo

Across the broad sea sweep Upon the offing, fires In the distance Burn it seems— Stars within the heavens, perhaps…

Tomonori
18