Round Five

Left

ももしきの大宮人はいとまあれやさくらかざしてけふもくらしつ

momoshiki no ōmiyabito wa itoma are ya sakura kazashite kyō mo kurashitsu

The hundredfold Palace folk have Leisure time, indeed: Arranging cherry blossoms, Have they spent this day!

9[i]

Right

おもひかねそなたの空をながむればただ山のはにかかるしら雲

omoikane sonata no sora o nagamureba tada yama no ha ni kakaru shirakumo

Unbearable is my heart’s pain— Upon the distant skies I gaze, but Simply upon the mountains’ edge Cling clouds of white.[ii]

10[iii]

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[i] SKKS II: 104: Topic unknown.

[ii] An allusive variation on Rinkashū 205).

[iii] SKS X: 381/379: Composed and sent to Master of the Right Capital Office Akisuke when he was Governor of Ōmi, to remark on his travelling to a distant district.