Round One Hundred and Thirty

Left

ひぐらしの鳴くゆふぐれぞうかりけるいつもつきせぬ思ひなれども

higurashi no naku yūgure zo ukarikeru itsumo tsukisenu omoi naredomo

The sundown cicadas Crying in the evening, truly, Is so hard to bear, for Always endless Gloom does fill me, yet…

Fujiwara no Nagayoshi
259[1]

Right

あさ日かげにほへる山のさくら花つれなくきえぬ雪かとぞみる

asahi kage nioeru yama no sakurabana tsurenaku kienu yuki ka to zo miru

Daybreak sunrise Lights the mountains’ Cherry blossom— A stubbornly resistant Snowfall do they seem to be?

Minister of the Treasury Ari’ie
260[2]

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[1] Shinkokinshū IV: 369: Topic unknown.

[2] Shinkokinshū I: 98: From the Poetry Contest in 1500 Rounds.

Round One Hundred and Twenty-Nine

Left

身をすててふかきふちにも入りぬべしそこの心のしらまほしさに

mi o sutete fukaki fuchi ni mo irinubeshi soko no kokoro no shiramahoshisa ni

I shall cast off all restraint, and Into a deep pool, indeed, Plunge— For at the bottom your heart’s depths I would come to know…

257[1]

Right

おもひねのわれのみかよふゆめぢにもあひみてかへる暁ぞなき

omoine no ware nomi kayou yumeji ni mo aimite kaeru akatsuki zo naki

Loving you, I sleep, but I, alone, go back and forth Upon the path of dreams; To glimpse and meet you, then return— I have no such dawnings.

258[2]

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[1] Goshūishū XI: 647: When a woman told him to throw himself into a pool.

[2] Shinchokusenshū XV: 973: Topic unknown.

Round One Hundred and Twenty-Eight

Left

おもひかねわかれし野べをきてみればあさぢが原に秋かぜぞふく

omoikane wakareshi nobe o kitemireba asaji ga hara ni akikaze zo fuku

Unable to bear my longing To the meadows where we parted Have I come and fixed my gaze, but Across the cogon grass upon the plain Indeed, the autumn wind is blowing.

255[1]

Right

ますかがみ心もうつる物ならばさりともいまはあはれとや見む

masukagami kokoro mo utsuru mono naraba sari tomo ima wa aware to ya mimu

Could this clear glass Reflect my heart, as well, Could it do that, then Well, now how Pitiful would I appear?

256[2]

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[1] Shikashū IX: 337: Composed on the conception of the Song of the Everlasting Woe.

[2] Senzaishū XII: 776: He borrowed a mirror from the house of a woman for whom he was feeling passionate thoughts which he had yet to reveal, wrote this on the inside and returned it.

Round One Hundred and Twenty-Seven

Left

ぬれぬれもなほかりゆかむはしたかのうはげの雪をうちはらひつつ

nurenure mo nao kariyukamu hashitaka no uwage no yuki o uchiharaitsutsu

Drenched, but even so Let us still hunt on! From my sparrowhawk’s Plumage the snow I’ll ever brush!

Minamoto no Michinari

253[1]

Right

かりくらしかたののましば折敷きてよどのかはせの月をみるかな

karikurashi katano no mashiba orishikite yodo no kawase no tsuki o miru kana

While hunting night has fallen, so In Katano brushwood I’ll break and spread around, then In the Yodo’s rapids I’ll gaze upon the moon!

Kinhira Middle Captain of the Inner Palace Guards, Left Division

254[2]

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[1] Kin’yōshū IV: 281 (2)/ 294 (3): Composed on hawking in the snow.

[2] Shinkokinshū VI: 688: Composed on the conception of hawking.

Round One Hundred and Twenty-Six

Left

入日さすさほの山辺のははそはらくもらぬ雨と木葉ふりつつ

irihi sasu saho no yamabe no hahasowara kumoranu ame to ko no ha furitsutsu

Twilight sunlight shines On the slopes of Mount Saho: The oak groves Are cloudless, yet there is rain: Leaves falling, on and on.

251[1]

Right

かぜさむみ伊勢のはま荻分行けばころもかりがねなみになくなり

kaze samumi ise no hama ogi wakeyukeba koromo kari ga ne nami ni naku nari

The wind’s so chill, as Through the silver grass upon the beach at Ise I forge my way, that I’d borrow a robe with goose cries Sounding ‘cross the waves!

252[2]

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[1] Shinkokinshū V: 529: Topic unknown.

[2] Shinkokinshū X: 945: Topic unknown

Round One Hundred and Twenty-Five

Left

神なびのみむろの山をけふみれば下草かけていろづきにけり

kamunabi no mimuro no yama o kyō mireba shitagusa kakete irozukinikeri

When upon divine Mountain dwellings of the gods I gaze today Even the undergrowth has Taken on autumn hues!

249[1]

Right

はしたかもしらふに色やかはるらんとがへるやまにあられふるなり

hashitaka mo shirau ni iro ya kawaruran togaeru yama ni arare furu nari

For a sparrowhawk’s White-speckled tail the colour Might be exchanged; In moult, upon the mountains Hailstones fall, it seems.

250[2]

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[1] Shūishū III: 188: Among three hundred and sixty poems.

[2] Kin’yōshū IV: 276 (2): Composed on hailstones in the deep mountains.

Round One Hundred and Twenty-Four

Left

かりにくとうらみし人のたえ行くを草葉につけて忍ぶころかな

kari ni ku to uramishi hito no taenishi o kusaba ni tsukete shinobu koro kana

But briefly would he come to reap, That wretched man- But he’s gone and Leaves of grass are All I do recall now.

Sone no Yoshitada
247[1]

Right

高砂の尾上のさくらさきにけりと山のかすみたたずもあらなん

takasago no onoe no sakura sakinikeri toyama no kasumi tatazu mo aranan

On Takasago’s Heights the cherries Have bloomed; O, I wish the haze around the nearby peaks Would not rise at all!

Former Middle Counsellor Masafusa
248[2]

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[1] Shinkokinshū III: 187: Topic unknown

[2] Goshūishū I: 120: Composed on the conception of gazing at mountain cherries in the distance, when people were drinking wine and composing poetry at the residence of the Minister of the Centre.

Round One Hundred and Twenty-Three

Left

天原そらさへさえやわたるらんこほりとみゆる冬のよの月

ama no hara sora sae sae ya wataruran kōri to miyuru fuyu no yo no tsuki

The plain of Heaven, The sky, so coldly Does it seem to cross, Ice, it does appear, The moon upon a winter’s night.

245[1]

Right

木間よりひれふる袖をよそに見ていかがはすべき松浦さよ姫

ko no ma yori hire furu sode o yoso ni mite ikaga wa subeki matsura sayohime

Between the trees Her waving stole and sleeves I distantly see— O, what should I do for Sayohime at Matsura!

246[2]

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[1] Shūishū IV: 242: Composed gazing at the moon.

[2] Senzaishū XIV: 847: Composed on the conception of love, when a hundred poem sequence was presented for former Emperor Horikawa.

Round One Hundred and Twenty-Two

Left

八重むぐらしげれるやどのさびしきに人こそとはね秋はきにけり

yaemugura shigereru yado no sabishiki ni hito koso towane aki wa kinikeri

Overlaying creepers Grow thickly on this house, So desolate, Folk nowhere to be seen With the coming of autumn.

243[1]

Right

たかまどののぢのしの原すゑさわぎそそや木がらしけふ吹きぬなり

takamado no noji no shinohara sue sawagi sosoya kogarashi kyō fukinu nari

At Takamado Groves of dwarf bamboo by the roadside Leaf-tips noisly Rustling—O, the cold winter wind Has begun to blow today.

244[2]

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[1] Shūishū III: 140: When people were composing poems on the conception of ‘arriving at a run-down house in autumn’ at the Kawara estate.

[2] Shinkokinshū IV: 373: On the wind across the meadows, for the Poetry Match held at the Residence of the Hosshōji Lay Priest and Former Chancellor and Palace Minister.

Round One Hundred and Twenty-One

Left

我がやどのそともにたてるならのはのしげみにすずむ夏はきにけり

wa ga yado no sotomo ni tateru nara no ha no shigemi ni suzumu natsu wa kinikeri

At my house, In the grounds behind stands An oak tree, leaves So lush that coolness To summer has come.

Monk Egyō
241[1]

Right

夏の夜の月待つ程の手ずさみに岩もる清水いく結びしつ

natsu no yo no tsuki matsu hodo no tezusami ni iwa moru shimizu iku musubishitsu

On a summer night, Waiting for the moon, My hands keep busy by Through the pure water dripping from the rocks Running time and time again.

Fujiwara no Mototoshi
242[2]

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[1] Shinkokinshū III: 250: Topic unknown.

[2] Kin’yōshū II: 154 (2): Composed on waiting for the moon by the water at Lord Kinzane’s residence.