Round Forty-Two

Left

はかなくもあけにけるかな朝露のおきてののちぞきえまさりける

hakanaku mo akenikeru kana asatsuyu no okite no nochi zo kiemasarikeru

How swiftly Dawn has broken! The morning dew Arises, then Vanishes so skillfully—as do you!

83[i]

Right

ながらへてかはるこころをみるよりはあふにいのちをかへてましやは

nagaraete kawaru kokoro o miru yori wa au ni inochi o kaetemashi ya wa

To live on and Your inconstant heart See—Would I rather For a meeting my life Exchange

84[ii]

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[i] SKKS XIII: 1171: Presented to the Ōmi Concubine.

[ii] A minor variant on SZS XIV: 881: Composed on the conception of unmet love with varying emotions, when he was ordered to produce a hundred poem sequence.

Round Forty-One

Left

むらさきの色にこころはあらねどもふかくぞ人をおもひそめつる

murasaki no iro ni kokoro wa aranedomo fukaku zo hito o omoisometuru

The violet[i] Hue is in my heart Nowhere to be found Yet deeply have you Started to stain my thoughts.

81[ii]

Right

しのぶるに心のひまはなけれどもなほもる物はなみだなりけり

shinoburu ni kokoro ni hima wa nakeredomo nao moru mono wa namida narikeri

Secretly longing, My heart has cracks Not a one, yet Still leaking out are My tears.

82[iii]

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[i] The colour violet (murasaki), was renowned as being particularly deep, so the implication is that Daigo’s love is deeper than the deepest dye.

[ii] SKKS XI: 995: Sent to the Chūjō Junior Consort.

[iii] SKKS XI: 1037: Hidden love, when he composed a Hundred Poem Sequence.

Round Forty

Left

あし引の山郭公けふとてやあやめの草のねにたててなく

ashihiki no yamahototogisu kyō tote ya ayame no kusa no ne ni tatete naku

Leg wearying, The mountain cuckoo, Knowing today, perhaps, On the sweet-flag Roots does perch and sing.

Engi

79[i]

Right

ゆふさればをののあさぢふ玉ちりてこころくだくる風の音かな

yū sareba ono no asajū tama chirite kokoro kudakuru kaze no oto kana

When the evening comes All across the cogon-grass plain Scatter gemstones— Heart-tangling is The sound of wind!

The Later Hosshōji Lay Priest and Former Chancellor and Palace Minister

80[ii]

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[i] SIS II: 111: Topic unknown.

[ii] SZS IV: 272: Composed as an autumn poem.

Round Thirty-Nine

Left

たちかへりあはれとぞおもふよそにても人に心をおきつしらなみ

tachikaeri aware to zo omou yoso nite mo hito ni kokoro o okitsu shiranami

Rising and returning, Filled with love, However distant You are, my heart Lifts with the whitecaps.

77[i]

Right

あふことはいつとなぎさのはま千どり浪のたちゐにねをのみぞなく

au koto wa itsu to nagisa no hamachidori nami no tachi’i ni ne o nomi zo naku

Our meeting— When will it be? On the seashore The plovers on the beach Amid the rising waves Simply let out sobbing cries!

78[ii]

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[i] KKS XI: 474: Topic unknown.

[ii] KYS VII: 361/384: Topic unknown.