Round Fifty-Four

Left

よしの河岩なみたかく行く水のはやくぞ人をおもひそめてし

yoshinogawa iwa nami takaku yuku mizu no hayaku zo hito o omoisometeshi

At Yoshino River Waves crash high above the rocks; The rushing water Swift as your Lodging within my thoughts.

107[i]

Right

おもへどもいはでの山に年をへてくちやはてなん谷のむもれ木

omoedomo iwade no yama ni toshi o hete kuchi ya hate nan tani no mumoregi

I think on you, yet Stay silent as the Iwade Moutains Through the passing years Might my love rot away, as A drowned tree within the valley?

108[ii]

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[i] KKS XI: 471: Topic unknown.

[ii] SZS XI: 651: Composed as a love poem, when he presented a hundred poem sequence.