Round Eighty-Nine

Left

ありしだにうかりしものをあかずとていづくにそふるつらさなるらん

arishi dani ukarishi mono o akazu tote izuku ni souru tsurasa naruran

Even these past days Heartlessness is something I want more—saying that, then Where might you lay on Additional cruelty?

177[1]

Right

春はをし人はこよひとたのむればおもひわづらふ今日のくれかな

haru wa oshi hito wa koyoi to tanomureba omoiwazurau kyō no kure kana

Regretting the departure of spring, and Tonight, my man Expecting, Wracked with painful thoughts Does the day reach its dusk!

178[2]

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[1] Gosenshū XIII: 952: Sent to the Minister of the Left.

[2] Kin’yōshū II: 91 (2)/ Kin’yōshū II: 93 (3) / Kin’yōshū I: 135 (1): Composed on the conception of love at the end of the Third Month.