Round Sixteen

Left

磯上ふるのやまべのさくらばなうゑけんときをしる人ぞなき

iso no kami furu no yamabe no sakurabana uekemu toki o shiru hito zo naki

In Iso no Kami Around ancient Furu Mountain Are cherry blossoms: When they were planted, No man knows.

Archbishop Henjō
31[i]

Right

そむれどもちらぬたもとに時雨きて猶いろふかき神な月かな

somuredomo chiranu tamoto ni shigure kite nao iro fukaki kaminazuki kana

Begun, yet Not scattered, still to my sleeves A shower has come, and How much darker is their hue In the Godless Month!

Former Major Archbishop Jien
32[ii]

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[i] GSS 49: Composed going to Mt Furu in Yamato.

[ii] Shūgyokushū 5793