Round Twenty-Eight

Left

あひにあひて物おもふころの我が袖にやどる月さへぬるるがほなる

ai ni aite mono’omou koro no wa ga sode ni yadoru tsuki sae nururu kFo naru

So many times have we met; In gloomy thought Upon my sleeves Where rests the moon Even her face wet with tears.

Ise

55[i]

Right

たつたひめかざしのたまのををよわみみだれにけりとみゆるしらつゆ

tatsutahime kazashi no tama no o o yowami midarenikeri to miyuru shiratsuyu

Princess Tatsuta’s Jewelled hairpin Has threads so frail that Confused do Appear the silver dewdrops.

Lord Fujiwara no Kiyosuke

56[ii]

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[i] KKS XV: 756: Topic unknown.

[ii] SZS IV: 265/264: Composed when he presented a Hundred Poem Sequence to former Emperor Sutoku.