Left.
あふことのまれなる色やあらはれん洩り出て染る袖の涙に
| au koto no marenaru iro ya arawaren moriidete somuru sode no namida ni |
Meeting her: Is it that so rare does passion’s hue Appear, With a seeping stain Of tears, my sleeves are marked? |
139
Right (Win).
なく涙やしほの衣それながら馴ずは何の色かしのばむ
| naku namida yashio no koromo sorenagara narezu wa nan no iro ka shinobamu |
With fallen tears Eightfold, my garb is dyed, Yet, As she knows me not, with which Hue should I recall her? |
140
Left.
やどりせしかりほの萩の露ばかり消えなで袖の色に戀つゝ
| yadoriseshi kariho no hagi no tsuyu bakari kienade sode no iro ni koitsutsu |
Lodged ‘Neath a bush clover’s shelter, Dewdrops Unfading on my sleeves Mark the hue of my passion. |
137
Right (Win).
ちぎりおきし末のはら野ゝもと柏それともしらじよその霜枯
| chigiri okishi sue no hara no no moto kashiwa sore tomo shiraji yoso no shimogare |
Eternally we vowed: Upon Ending Plain, the Full-fledged oak Must know it not: The withering touch of distant frost. |
138
Left (Win).
夜もすがら月にうれえてねをぞなく命にむかふ物思ふとて
| yo mo sugara tsuki ni ureete ne wo zo naku inochi ni mukafu mono’omou tote |
All night long I have lamented to the moon With ceaseless weeping: They are like to cost my life, These leaden thoughts of mine! |
135
Right.
待つ人のこぬ夜のかげに面なれて山の端出る月もうらめし
| matsu hito no konu yo no kage ni omo narete yama no ha izuru tsuki mo urameshi |
Long have I pined for one Who never comes; in the night his face I am wont to see, so Emerging from behind the mountains, Even the moon, I have come to hate! |
136
Left (Win).
思ひいでよ誰がきぬぎぬの暁も我またしのぶ月ぞ見ゆ覧
| omoi’ide yo ta ga kinuginu no akatsuki mo ware mata shinobu tsuki zo miyuran |
Remember, While with a rustle of robes, you part from her At dawn! I still remember you, Gazing at the selfsame moon… |
133
Right.
久方の月ぞかはらで待たれける人には言ひし山の端の空
| hisakata no tsuki zo kawarade matarekeru hito ni wa iishi yama no ha no sora |
‘The eternal Moon, unchanging Is awaited,’ I said once to him, Sky clear above the mountains’ edge. |
134
Left.
おもかげは馴しながらの身にそひてあらぬ心の誰契覧
| omokage wa nareshi nagara no mi ni soite aranu kokoro no tare chigiruran |
That face, So dear, does Hang before me, yet Not mine, the heart Is pledged to whom? |
131
Right (Win).
心をばつらきものとて別れにし世ゝのおもかげ何したふらん
| kokoro oba tsuraki mono tote wakarenishi yo yo no omokage nani shitauran |
‘Your heart is just A cruel thing,’ I said, and Left her, long ago, yet Year on passing year, her face: Why should I long for it so? |
132
Left (Tie).
あぢきなくつらきあらしの聲もうしなど夕暮に待ならひけん
| ajikinaku tsuraki arashi no koe mo ushi nado yûgure ni matsu naraiken |
Dreary, The heartless storm-wind’s Roar is cruel, indeed; Why, at eventide To wait, have I become accustomed? |
129
Right (Tie).
歸るさのものとや人のながむ覧待夜ながらの有明の月
| kaeru sa no mono to ya hito no nagamuran matsu yo nagara no ariake no tsuki |
On his way home Does he Gaze upon it, I wonder? While I wait the whole night through, ‘Til the moon meets daybreak… |
130
Left (Tie).
うつろはむ色をかぎりに三室山時雨もしらぬ世を頼むかな
| utsurowamu iro o kagiri ni mimuroyama shigure mo shiranu yo o tanomu kana |
The fading Hues of our passion our end Do mark: at Mimuro mountain, A world ignorant of such showers Is what I long for. |
127
Right (Tie).
消えわびぬうつろふ人の秋の色に身をこがらしの杜の下露
| kiewabinu utsurou hito no aki no iro ni mi o kogarashi no mori no shimotsuyu |
Fading and gone am I! My fickle love, Sated, in autumn hues Kogarashi Forest, burning with wind Fanned fire, and drenched in dew. |
128
Left (Tie).
たれもこのあはれみじかき玉の緒に亂れてものを思はずもがな
| tare mo kono aware mijikaki tama no o ni midarete mono o omowazu mogana |
There’s none who this Pitifully short Jewelled thread of life A tangle could Not think! |
125
Right (Tie).
いかゞせむありしわかれを限にて此世ながらの心かはらば
| ikaga semu arishi wakare o kagiri nite kono yo nagara no kokoro kawaraba |
What is to be done? That past parting was Our end, yet Here within this world, Should our hearts change… |
126
Left (Tie).
忘れじのちぎりうらむる故郷の心もしらぬ松蟲の聲
| wasureji no chigiri uramuru furusato no kokoro mo shiranu matsumushi no koe |
Never to forget, He vowed – how hateful! Around my aged home, All unknowing of my heart, The pine crickets sing their song… |
123
Right (Tie).
こぬ人をまつほの浦の夕なぎに燒くやもしほの身もこがれつゝ
| konu hito o matsuo no ura no yūnagi ni yaku ya moshio no mi mo kogaretsutsu |
For one who fails to come, I pine; within the bay of Matsuo In the evening calm, Burns seaweed salt, As does my breast with longing. |
124
Left (Tie).
今のまの我身にかぎる鳥のねを誰うきものと歸りそめけん
| ima no ma no wagami ni kagiru tori no ne o tare ukimono to kaerisomeken |
At this time For me, alone, The cock does crow, Asking, ‘Who’s this sad soul?’ Starting out for home… |
121
Right
忘れずはなれし袖もや氷覧ねぬ夜の床の霜の小莚
| wasurezu wa nareshi sode mo ya kōruran nenu yo no toko no shimo no samushiro |
If she has forgot-me-not, Might those so familiar sleeves, as mine, Be frozen? A sleepless night abed, Frost forming on my mat of straw… |
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