Round Seventy

Left

夏の夜はまだよひながらあけぬるを雲のいづくに月やどるらん

natsu no yo wa mada yoi nagara akenuru o kumo no izuko ni tsuki yadoruramu

On summer nights It’s just past sundown, and Already dawn is breaking, But, where amongst the clouds Does the moon find lodging?

Kiyowara no Fukayabu
139[i]

Right

ちる花もあはれとみずやいそのかみふりはつるまでをしむこころを

chiru hana mo aware to mizu ya iso no kami furihatsuru made oshimu kokoro o

The scattered blossom Moves me without doubt; Until a stone-bound Ancient I have become will Regrets linger in my heart…

Lord Fujiwara no Norinaga
140[ii]

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[i] KKS III: 166: Composed after midnight, when the moon was shining beautifully.

[ii] SKS I: 40: Composed on an old man’s regret for blossom, at the house of Lord Fujiwara no Kanefusa.

Round Sixty-Nine

Left

をしかふす夏のの草の道をなみしげき恋ぢにまどふ比かな

oshika fusu natsuno no kusa no michi o nami shigeki koiji ni madou koro kana

Stags lie Within the summer meadow grasses— All the paths are lost in Lush paths of love where I wander lost these days!

137[i]

Right

おもひかねなほ恋ぢにぞかへりぬるうらみは末もとほらざりけり

omoikane nao koiji ni zo kaerinuru urami wa sue mo tōrazarikeri

I cannot but care, so Yet again to the path of love I have returned; My dislike right to the end Has not endured.

138[ii]

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[i] SKKS XI: 1069: Topic unknown.

[ii] SZS XIV: 885/883: Composed as a love poem, when at a poetry match.

Round Sixty-Eight

Left

あさぼらけあり明の月とみるまでによしのの里にふれるしらゆき

asaborake ariake no tsuki to miru made ni yoshino no sato ni fureru shirayuki

Dawning’s Pale moonlight It seems: The house at Yoshino, With snowfall all around.

135[i]

Right

もしほ草しきつのうらのねざめにはしぐれにのみや袖はぬるらん

moshiogusa shikitsu no ura no nezame ni wa shigure ni nomi ya sode wa nururan

Salt-seaweed grasses grow On the beach at Shikitsu where On waking is it By the showers alone That my sleeves have dampened?

136[ii]

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[i] KKS VI: 332: Composed on seeing snow fall when he had gone to the province of Yamato.

[ii] SZS VIII: 526/525: Composed on the conception of showers at a lodging on a journey, when people were composing for the Poetry Match at the Sumiyoshi Shrine.

Round Sixty-Seven

Left

みよしのの山のしら雪つもるらしふるさとさむくなりまさるなり

miyoshino no yama no shirayuki tsumorurashi furusato samuku narimasaru nari

On fair Yoshino Mountain white snow fall Drifts high, it seems, For in this ancient place the chill Grows ever stronger.

Sakanoue no Korenori
133[i]

Right

春といへばかすみにけりな昨日まで浪間にみえしあはぢしま山

haru to ieba kasuminikeri na kinô made namima ni mieshi awajishima yama

With word of spring, Indeed, the haze has risen upon- Until yesterday Only glimpsed between the waves- The mountains on Awaji Isle.

Monk Shun’e
134[ii]

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[i] KKS VI: 325: Composed at the place he was staying when he had gone to the Nara capital.

[ii] SKKS I: 6: Topic unknown.

Round Sixty-Six

Left

けさはしもおきけんかたもしらざりつおもひ出づるぞきえてかなしき

kesa wa shimo okiken kata mo shirazaritsu omoi’izuru zo kiete kanashiki

This morning of all mornings To where I headed on arising I paid no mind at all, for Filling my thoughts was passion’s Fading sadness!

131[i]

Right

うらみじな難波のみつにたつけぶり心からたくあまのもしほ火

uramiji na naniwa no mitsu ni tatsu keburi kokoro kara taku ama no moshiobi

I cannot hate her, can I? From Naniwa harbour The smoke arising is Kindled in my heart as Fisherfolk’s seaweed salt fires…[ii]

132[iii]

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[i] KKS XIII: 643: Topic unknown. Also: Kokin rokujō V: 2586: Morning.

[ii] An allusive variation on KKS XVII: 894.

[iii] Shinchokusenshū XII: 761/763: Love and Smoke, for a Fifty Poem Sequence at the residence of the Lay Priest Prince of the Second Order.

Round Sixty-Five

Left

もみぢばをかぜにまかせてみるよりもはかなき物はいのちなりけり

momijiba o kaze ni makasete miru yori mo hakanaki mono wa inochi narikeri

The scarlet leaves To the winds entrust their fate; Seeing them how much Briefer a thing Is life.

129[i]

Right

花すすき草のたもとをかりぞなくなみだの露やおき所なき

hanasusuki kusa no tamoto o kari zo naku namida no tsuyu ya okidokoro naki

The flowering miscanthus Grass cuffs Reaped and wept Tears of dew Have no place to fall.[ii]

130[iii]

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[i] KKS XVI: 859: Composed and sent to someone when he was suffering with sickness one autumn and feeling particularly downhearted.

[ii] An allusive variation on KKS IV: 243.

[iii] Shinchokusenshū IV: 245: Topic unknown.

Round Sixty-Four

Left

月見ればちぢに物こそかなしけれ我が身ひとつの秋にはあらねど

tsuki mireba chiji ni mono koso kanashikere wagami hitotsu no aki ni wa aranedo

When I look upon the moon Myriad are my Griefs, Though for me alone Autumn has not fallen.

Ōe no Chisato
127[i]

Right

秋の夜の月にいくたびながめして物おもふことの身につもるらん

aki no yo no tsuki ni ikutabi nagameshite mono’omou koto no mi ni tsumoruran

Upon an autumn night’s Moon how many times Have I gazed out, while Gloomy thoughts Pile ever higher upon me?[ii]

Consultant Masatsune
128[iii]

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[i] KKS IV: 193: Composed at the poetry competition at Prince Koresada’s house.

[ii] An allusive variation on SIS VIII: 432.

[iii] ShokuSZS V: 468/470: When a Hundred Poem Sequence was presented to former Emperor Gotoba in Kenpo 4 [1216].

Round Sixty-Three

Left

あづまぢのさのの舟ばしかけてのみおもひわたるをしる人ぞなき

azumaji no sano no funabashi kakete nomi omoiwataru o shiru hito zo naki

On eastern roads At Sano, the pontoon bridge Simply stretches out; That she is ever in my thoughts— Indeed, there’s no on knows it!

125[i]

Right

おとにきくたかしのはまのあだ浪はかけじや袖のぬれもこそすれ

oto ni kiku takashi no hama no adanami wa kakeji ya sode no nure mo koso sure

By repute Upon Takashi Beach Break faithless waves, so Had I not better keep away? Lest my sleeves Should end up soaked!

126[ii]

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 [i] Minor variant on GSS X: 619/620: Sent to a lady’s house.

[ii] KYS VIII: 469 (2)/KYS VIII: 464 (3): In reply.

Round Sixty-Two

Left

かげろふに見しばかりにやはま千どり行衛もしらぬ恋にまどはん

kagerō ni mishi bakari ni ya hamachidori yukue mo shiranu koi ni madowan

Is it that as if through haze Simply did I see her? As a plover on the beach, Bound I know not where, Am I lost in love.

123[i]

Right

うらかぜに吹上のはまの浜千鳥浪たちくらし夜半になくなり

urakaze ni fukiage no hama no hamachidori nami tachikurashi yowa ni naku nari

Beach breezes Blow up Fukiage shore, where The plovers on the beach As the waves break in the darkness, Cry out with midnight.

124[ii]

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[i] GSS X: 654/655: Topic unknown.

[ii] SKKS VI: 646: From the Hundred Poem Sequences presented for former Emperor Horikawa.

Round Sixty-One

Left

あさぢふのをののしの原しのぶれどあまりてなどか人の恋しき

asajū no ono no shinohara shinoburedo amarite nado ka hito no koishiki

Deep within the sharp-leaved cogon-grass Of the arrow-bamboo in Ono, Do I hide – no more: Why should it be that I do love you so?

Consultant Lord Minamoto no Hitoshi
121[i]

Right

おく露もしづ心なき秋かぜにみだれてさけるまののはぎ原

oku tsuyu mo shizukokoronaki akikaze ni midarete sakeru mano no hagiwara

The falling dew, too, Is unsettled by The autumn wind’s Confusion of the blooming Bush clover groves in Mano.

Ichi no Miya no Kii
122[ii]

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[i] GSS IX: 577/578: Sent to someone.

[ii] SKKS IV: 332: Topic unknown.