Round Eighty-One

Left

身にしみておもふ心のふかければつひに色にもいでぬべきかな

mi ni shimite omou kokoro no fukakereba tsui ni iro ni mo idenubeki kana

Within my flesh The feelings of my heart Are buried deep, but At long last my passions Can be revealed!

161[1]

Right

うらみわびほさぬ袖だにあるものをこひにくちなん名こそをしけれ

uramiwabi hosanu sode dani aru mono o koi ni kuchinan na koso oshikere

Suffering his despite, Never dry are my sleeves, And yet, that A fool in love is My reputation I regret all the more.

162[2]

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[1] SIS XI: 633: When he was a gentleman-in-waiting and had just started speaking to Masatada’s daughter.

[2] GSIS XIV: 815: For the Palace Poetry Match in Eishō 6 [1051].

Round Seventy-Nine

Left

物おもふとすぐる月日もしらぬまにことしも今日にはてぬとかきく

mono’omou to suguru tsukihi mo shiranu ma ni kotoshi mo kyō ni hatenu to ka kiku

In gloomy thought I’ve passed the days and months All unknowing; then That this year on this very day Will end, I heard.

Middle Counsellor Atsutada
157[1]

Right

さみだれにみづのみまきのまこも草かりほすひまもあらじとぞおもふ

samidare ni mizu no mimaki no makomogusa kari hosu hima mo araji to zo omou

In the summer rain At Mizu, the royal pasture grows Wild rice, but To reap and dry it no time There is at all, I feel!

Sagami
158[2]

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[1] GSS VIII: 506: When he had had a relationship with the Superintendent of the Palace Wardrobe Office for a number of years, he became unable to meet with her and on the final day of the year sent her this.

[2] GSIS III: 206: Composed on summer rain for a poetry match, after the Thirty Day Sutra Recitation held at the residence of the Uji Former Grand Minister.

Round Seventy-Eight

Left

あなこひしはつかに人をみづのあわのきえかへるともしらせてしかな

ana koishi hatsuka ni hito o mizu no awa no kiekaeru tomo shiraseteshi kana

O, how strong my love! Faintly, a lady Did I see, who as foam upon the water Vanished once more, yet I had to let her know!

155[1]

Right

うたたねはをぎ吹くかぜにおどろけどながき夢ぢぞさむる時なき

utatane wa ogi fuki kaze ni odorokedo nagaki yumeji zo samuru toki naki

From my doze The wind upon the silver grass Has startled me, yet From this long path of dreams I awaken for not a moment.

156[2]

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[1] SIS XI: 636: Sent when he saw the Tsutsumi Middle Counsellor Lady of the Bedchamber.

[2] SKKS XVIII: 1804: Topic unknown.

Round Seventy-Seven

Left

人しれぬおもひはとしもへにけるをわれのみしるはこころなりけり

hito shirenu omoi wa toshi mo henikeru o ware nomi shiru wa kokoro narikeri

Unknown to all are My passionate thoughts as the years Go by, but I, alone am aware of them Held within my heart.

153[1]

Right

せをはやみいはにせかるるたき河のわれてもすゑにあはんとぞ思ふ

se o hayami iwa ni sekaruru takikawa no waretemo sue ni awan to zo omou

The fast-running rapids By rocks are blocked— A cataract Shattered, yet at the end How I long to meet her!

154[2]

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[1] A variant on a poem from Shūishū (XI: 673): Sent to a woman’s residence. 人しれぬ思ひは年もへにけれど我のみしるはかひなかりけり hito shirenu / omoi wa toshi mo / henikeredo / ware nomi shiru wa / kainakarikeri ‘’ The Ononomiya Grand Minister.

[2] SKS VII: 229: Topic unknown.

Round Seventy-Six

Left

今さらにおもひいでじとしのぶるをこひしきにこそわすれわびぬれ

ima sara ni omoi’ideji to shinoburu o koishiki ni koso wasurewabinure

Now it is that I’ll think on you no more, and Endure, but Such strong love is Painful to forget!

Seishin-kō

151[1]

Right

たづねつる花のあたりになりにけりにほふにしるしはるの山かぜ

tazunetsuru hana no atari ni narinikeri niou ni shirushi haru no yamakaze

I have paid a visit to A place of blossom Here; Of their scent a sign is carried On the spring mountain breezes.

Former Emperor Sutoku

152[2]

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[1] GSS XI: 788: Sent to a lady named Yamato at the residence of Prince Atsuyoshi.

[2] SZS I: 46: Composed on the conception of visiting distant blossom in the mountains, on a day when he was due to return after paying a visit to the residence of the regent.

Round Seventy-Five

Left

世中はとてもかくてもありぬべしみやもわら屋もはてしなければ

yo no naka wa tote mo kakute mo arinubeshi miya mo waraya mo hateshinakereba

When of this mundane world, I think, such It ever will be, for Palaces and straw-roofed huts both Will someday fall to ruin.

149[1]

Right

宮こをばかすみとともにたちしかどあきかぜぞ吹くしらかはのせき

miyako oba kasumi to tomo ni tachishikado akikaze zo fuku shirakawa no seki

From the capital Together with the haze Did I depart, yet The autumn wind, indeed, is blowing At the Barrier of Shirakawa!

150[2]

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[1] A minor variant on SKKS XVIII: 1851.

[2] GSIS IX: 518: Composed at the Shirakawa Barrier, when he had gone to Michinoku.

Round Seventy-Four

Left

これやこのゆくもかへるも別れてはしるもしらぬもあふさかのせき

kore ya kono yuku mo kaeru mo wakaretsutsu shiru mo shiranu mo ausaka no seki

This is truly where Folk leaving and returning Are ever parting; Strangers and friends: Meeting Hill’s barrier.

147[i]

Right

いのちあればことしの秋も月はみつわかれし人にあふよなきかも

inochi areba kotoshi no aki mo tsuki wa mitsu wakareshi hito ni au yo naki kamo

I have life, so This year in autumn, too, I have gazed upon the moon, but Parted from him, No more nights of meeting in this world there’ll be.

148[ii]

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[i] GSS XV: 1089: Composed when he had built himself a hut at Meeting Hill, and was watching people go by.

[ii] SKKS VIII: 799: Composed gazing at the moon, the year after Lord Minamoto no Tameyoshi had died.

Round Seventy-Three

Left

秋かぜになびくあさぢのすゑごとにおくしら露のあはれ世中

akikaze ni nabiku asaji no sue goto ni oku shiratsuyu no aware yo no naka

In the autumn breeze The cogon grass trails back and forth; On every single frond Drop silver dewdrops— So sad is this mundane world of ours.

Semimaru
145[i]

Right

ゆふさればしほかぜこしてみちのくの野田のたまがは千鳥鳴くなり

yū sareba shiokaze koshite michinoku no noda no tamagawa chidori naku nari

When the evening comes Tidewinds cross to Michinoku, where At the Tama River in Noda The plovers are crying.

Monk Nōin
146[ii]

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[i] SKKS XVIII: 1850: Topic unknown.

[ii] SKKS VI: 643: Composed when he went to Michinoku.

Round Seventy-Two

Left

うれしきはわするるひともありなましつらきぞながきかたみなりける

ureshiki wa wasururu hito mo arinamashi tsuraki zo nagaki katami narikeru

Happiness will Be forgotten by folk I’m sure, but Cold cruelty an enduring Keepsake will be.

143[i]

Right

あり明の月もし水にやどりけりこよひはこえじあふさかの関

ariake no tsuki mo shimizu ni yadorikeri koyoi wa koeji ausaka no seki

The dawntime Moon within pure water Has lodged; Tonight I’ll not pass The barrier at Meeting Hill.

144[ii]

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[i] A minor variation on a poem from Shinkokinshū (XV: 1403), varying only by one syllable in the initial line, which does not impact on the meaning: Topic unknown.

[ii] KYS III: 211 (3): Composed on the moon at dawn on the road to a barrier, while at the Shirakawa residence of the former Uji Grand Minister.

Round Seventy-One

Left

ひかりなきたにには春もよそなればさきてとくちる物思ひもなし

hikari naki tani ni wa haru mo yoso nareba sakite to kuchiru mono’omoi mo nashi

From a lightless Valley springtime Is far away, so that Blossoming then fading is No source of gloomy thought for me!

141[i]

Right

すむ人もなき山ざとのあきの夜は月のひかりもさびしかりけり

sumu hito mo naki yamazato no aki no yo wa tsuki no hikari mo sabishikarikeri

No folk dwell around This mountain retreat, where On an autumn night The moon’s very light is Filled with lonliness.

142[ii]

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[i] KKS XVIII: 967: Composed when seeing someone who had had some success lamenting that he had lost it, and reflecting that he himself had neither griefs nor joys.

[ii] GSIS IV: 258: Composed gazing at the moon over Hirosawa.