Round Thirteen

Left

たちわかれいなばの山の峰におふるまつとしきかば今かへりこむ

tachi wakare inaba no yama no mine ni ouru matsu to shi kikaba ima kaerikomu

Left and departed— If I go, to the mounts of Inaba Where on the peaks, the aged Pines; hearing you did so I would return at once.

Middle Counsellor Yukihira
25[i]

Right

としくれしなみだのつららとけにけりこけの袖にも春やたつらん

toshi kureshi namida no tsurara tokenikeri koke no sode ni mo haru ya tatsuran

The year is done— Frozen tears Have melted; Even to moss-covered sleeves Does spring come, I wonder?

Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
26[ii]

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[i] KKS VIII: 365 Topic unknown.

[ii] SKKS XVI: 1436/1435 On the conception of the beginning of spring, when he composed a hundred poem sequence at the house of the Lay Priest and Former Regent and Grand Minister.