Round One Hundred and Twenty

Left

あさぼらけおきつる霜の消えかへりくれまつほどの袖を見せばや

asaborake okitsuru shimo no kiekaeri kure matsu hodo no sode o miseba ya

With dawn’s first light The fallen frost Vanishes away; Waiting for the evening, for Then would I show you my sleeves…

239[1]

Right

はかなくもこんよをかねて契るかなふたたびおなじ身ともならじを

hakanaku mo kon yo o kanete chigiru kana futatabi onaji mi to mo naraji o

How unreliable to vow that In advance of the world to come We will be linked! For once more within the selfsame Flesh we might not be…

240[2]

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[1] Shinkokinshū XIII: 1189: Sent on the morning that the Sanjō Regent Junior Consort was presented at court.

[2] Senzaishū XV: 921: Topic unknown.

Round One Hundred and Nineteen

Left

旅の空夜半のけぶりとのぼりなばあまのもしほ火たくかとやみん

tabi no sora yowa no keburi to noborinaba ama no moshiobi taku ka to ya min

Should into my travel’s skies One night as smoke I rise, The fisherfolk seaweed salt fires Kindling—would it appear so, I wonder?

237[1]

Right

うき人の月はなにぞのゆかりぞとおもひながらもうちながめつつ

ukibito no tsuki wa nani zo no yukari zo to omoinagara mo uchinagamitsutsu

That cruel one: Why with the moon does She have a bond?— While wondering that Do I ever gaze upon it…

238[2]

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[1] Goshūishū IX: 503: On seeing fisherfolk burning salt when he was on the road to Kumano, and felt particularly unwell.

[2] Shinkokinshū XIV: 1266: Topic unknown.

Round One Hundred and Eighteen

Left

秋の夜の月に心のあくがれて雲井に物をおもふ比かな

aki no yo no tsuki ni kokoro no akugarete kumoi ni mono o omou koro kana

On an autumn night The moon my heart Draws forth, and What lies beyond the clouds is The object of my thoughts then!

Former Emperor Kazan
235[1]

Right

ほととぎすなきつるかたをながむればただ有明の月ぞのこれる

hototogisu nakitsuru kata o nagamureba tada ariake no tsuki zo nokoreru

A cuckoo Calls from yonder – Gazing there, Only the daybreak Moon remains.

The Later Tokudaiji Minister of the Left
236[2]

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[1] Shikashū III: 106: Composed for the Palace Poetry Match in Kanna 2.

[2] Senzaishū III: 161: Composed in the conception of hearing a cuckoo at dawn.

Round One Hundred and Seventeen

Left

わすれじの行末まではかたければけふをかぎりの命ともがな

wasureji no yukusue made wa katakereba kyō o kagiri no inochi to mogana

Never to be forgotten In all the days to come is Hard to believe, so If only today was the limit Of my life…

233[1]

Right

一夜とてよがれしとこのさむしろにやがてもちりのつもりぬるかな

hitoyo tote yogareshi toko no samushiro ni yagate mo chiri no tsumorinuru kana

‘Just for one night,’ he said, but At night my bed lies abandoned, with A chilly, threadbare blanket Where the dust Is piled high!

234[2]

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[1] Shinkokinshū XIII: 1149: At about the time the Naka Chancellor began visiting her regularly.

[2] Senzaishū XIV: 880: Composed as a love poem.

Round One Hundred and Fifteen

Left

暁のつゆはまくらにおきけるを草葉のうへとなにおもひけん

akatsuki no tsuyu wa makura ni okikeru o kusaba no ue to nani omoiken

At the dawning Dewdrops upon my pillow Have fallen, but Resting atop a blade of grass— I s that what you think of me? [1]

The Kō Handmaid
229[2]

Right

ちりかかるもみぢの色はふかけれどわたればにごる山川の水

chirikakaru momiji no iro wa fukakeredo watareba nigoru yamakawa no mizu

The fallen, scattered Scarlet leaves’ hue is Deep, indeed, yet In crossing it, I muddy The waters of a mountain stream.

Sanuki
230[3]

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[1] An allusive variation on Izumi shikibu-shū 304/Mandaishū XVIII: 3559.

[2] Goshūishū XII: 701:

[3] Shinkokinshū V: 540: When she presented a hundred poem sequence.

Round One Hundred and Fourteen

Left

つくば山葉やましげ山しげけれどおもひいるにはさはらざりけり

tsukubayama hayama shigeyama shigekeredo omoi’iru ni wa sawarazarikeri

Tsukuba Mountain has Peaks both high and low So many watch, yet Once embarked on love ‘Tis no trouble, at all.

227[1]

Right

さびしさにうきよをかへてしのばずはひとり聞くべき松のかぜかは

sabishisa ni ukiyo o kaete shinobazu wa hitori kikubeki matsu no kaze ka wa

If the loneliness of This cruel world is a burden Unendurable, then All alone I can listen to The wind passing through the pines.

228[2]

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[1] Shinkokinshū XI: 1013: Topic unknown.

[2] Senzaishū XVII: 1138: Topic unknown.

Round One Hundred and Thirteen

Left

かぜをいたみいはうつ浪のおのれのみくだけて物をおもふ比かな

kaze o itami iwa utsu nami no onore nomi kudakete mono o omou koro kana

The howling winds Strike waves against the crags; I alone, Am shattered, gloom Filling my thoughts these days…

225[1]

Right

おもひあれば袖にほたるをつつみてもいはばや物をとふ人はなし

omoi areba sode ni hotaru o tsutsumite mo iwaba ya mono o tou hito wa nashi

I am filled with passion’s fire, but Even should my sleeves fireflies Wrap up, ‘What do you ponder on?’— There’s no one to enquire of me…

226[2]

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[1] Shikashū VII: 211: Composed to be presented as part of a hundred poem sequence, when former Emperor Reizei was Crown Prince.

[2] Shinkokinshū XI: 1032: Composed on the conception of summer love, when the Regent and Palace Minister held a poetry contest at his residence.

Round One Hundred and Twelve

Left

夏かりのたまえのあしをふみしだきむれゐるとりのたつそらぞなき

natsukari no tamae no ashi o fumishidaki mure’iru tori no tatsu sora zo naki

Reaped in summer The reeds of Tamae Lie trampled all around For the flocking birds Cannot take wing into this sky.

Minamoto no Shigeyuki
223[1]

Right

くれて行く春のみなとはしらねどもかすみにおつるうぢのしばぶね

kurete yuku haru no minato wa shiranedomo kasumi ni otsuru uji no shibabune

Departing Spring’s home port lies I know not where, yet Beneath the haze Boats carry firewood on the Uji River.[2]

Monk Jakuren
224[2]

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[1] Goshūishū III: 219: Topic unknown.

[3] Shinkokinshū II: 219: When he presented a fifty poem sequence.

Round One Hundred and Eleven

Left

うしといひて世をひたすらにそむかねば物おもひしらぬみとや成りなん

ushi to iite yo o hitasura ni somukaneba mono’omoi shiranu mi to ya narinan

How hard it is, you say, but This mundane world, earnestly You are unable to abandon, so Gloomy thoughts unknown To you seem, do they not?

221[1]

Right

われゆゑのなみだとこれをよそにみばあはれなるべき袖のうへかな

ware yue no namida to kore o yoso ni miba aware narubeki sode no ue kana

Should my Tears she View from afar, Would she pity them Resting atop my sleeves!

222[2]

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[1] Motosuke-shū 214: Sent to a certain person.

[2] Senzaishū XII: 757: Topic unknown.