Left (Tie).
こひ死なぬ身のおこたりぞ年へぬるあらばあふよの心づよさに
| koishinanu mi no okotari zo toshi henuru araba au yo no kokoro zuyosa ni |
I have not died of love, So idly have I Passed the time; Within this world, that we’ll meet again Is firmly lodged within my heart. |
119
Right
あふことはしのぶの衣あはれなどまれなる色に亂そめけん
| au koto wa shinobu no koromo aware nado mare naru iro ni midare someken |
Meeting you, I recall, in much-dyed Shinobu garb, It’s sad, but Rare it is with passion To be shattered. |
120
Left.
我袖にむなしき浪はかけそめつ契もしらぬ床の浦風
| wa ga sode ni munashiki nami wa kakesometsu chigiri mo shiranu toko no urakaze |
Upon my sleeves, Vacantly, waves Have begun to break; All unknowing of our vows is The wind cross Bedding Bay… |
117
Right.
白玉の緒斷の橋の名もつらしくだけておつる袖の涙に
| shiratama no odae no hashi no na mo tsurashi kudaketeotsuru sode no namida ni |
White jewels on Broken-thread Bridge – The name does pierce my heart; A scattered fall of Tears upon my sleeves. |
118
Left (Win).
うへしげる垣根がくれの小篠原しられぬ戀はうきふしもなし
| ueshigeru kakinegakure no ozasawara shirarenu koi wa ukifushi mo nashi |
The fertile fronds Conceal the fence within A field of bamboo grass: Knowing not of my love, she Feels not its cruel cut. |
115
Right.
夜な夜なの月も涙にくもりにき影だに見せぬ人をこふとて
| yonayona no tsuki mo namida ni kumoriniki kage dani misenu hito o kou tote |
Each and every night The moon with tears Is clouded; For one who’ll show not e’en a hint Is all that I do love. |
116
Left (Tie).
くるゝ夜は衛士のたく火をそれと見よ室の八嶋も都ならねば
| kururu yo wa eji no taku hi wo sore to miyo muro no yashima mo miyako naraneba |
In the dark of night, The conscripts kindled flames Behold as my love, for The waters of Muro no Yashima Lie not within the capital. |
113
Right (Tie).
蘆の屋に螢やまがふ海人やたく思ひも戀も夜はもえつゝ
| ashi no ya ni hotaru ya magau ama ya taku omoi mo koi mo yoru wa moetsutsu |
In a reed-roofed hut, One might mistake for fireflies, or Fisherfolk’s kindled fires The passion and the love, that Burns in me throughout the night. |
114
Left (Tie).
世とゝもに吹上の濱のしほ風に靡く眞砂のくだけてぞ思ふ
| yo to tomo ni fukiage no hama no shio kaze ni nabiku masago no kudakete zo omou |
Long lasting as the world, Upon the beach at Fukiage By the tide-borne wind The streaming sands Are shattered as my thoughts of you. |
111
Right
住の江の松のねたくやよる浪のよるとはなげき夢をだに見で
| sumi no e no matsu no netaku ya yoru nami no yoru to wa nageki yume o dani mide |
The Suminoe Pines: how I envy them! Roots Washed by waves, My night is sunk in sorrow, Lacking e’en a glimpsed dream. |
112
Left (Win).
年もへぬ祈る契は初瀬山をのへの鐘のよその夕暮れ
| toshi mo henu inoru chigiri wa hatsuseyama onoe no kane no yoso no yûgure |
The years have passed, and Our prayed for love is Done; on Hatsuse Mountain’s Peak, the sunset bell Tolls in the distant dusk. |
109
Right
おもかげはおしへて宿にさきだちてこたへぬ風の松の吹聲
| omokage wa oshiete yado ni sakidachite kotaenu kaze no matsu no fuku koe |
Her form to Reveal, to her dwelling First went The wind, but meeting no response, Among the pine boughs finds it voice. |
110
Left (Win).
名取河いかにせむともまだしらずおもへば人を恨つるかな
| natorigawa ika ni semu tomo mada shirazu omoeba hito o uramitsuru kana |
Flooded by the river of loose tongues, How we are to meet I do not know; Thinking on it, there is one Worth the weight of my despite! |
107
Right
逢ひ見てのゝちの心を先しればつれなしとだにえこそ恨ね
| aimite no nochi no kokoro o mazu shireba tsurenashi to dani e koso urami ne |
Having met and loved, now, Afterwards, how my heart would be I knew so well before, That as one so cruel and heartless, I am unable to despise you. |
108
Left (Tie).
久方のあまてる神のゆふかづらかけて幾世を戀わたるらん
| hisakata no amateru kami no yûkazura kakete iku yo o koiwataruran |
The eternal Heaven shining Goddess, with Mulberry garlands in her hair: Across as many ages Will our love endure… |
105
Right
露時雨下草かけてもる山の色かずならぬ袖を見せばや
| tsuyu shigure shitakusa kakete moru yama no iro kazu naranu sode wo miseba ya |
Dewfall and drizzle Dripping from the undergrowth Drenches Moruyama, Her countless scarlet Sleeves, are what I would show you… |
106
Left (Win).
松が根をいそべの浪のうつたえにあらはれぬべき袖の上かな
| matsu ga ne o isobe no nami no utsutae ni arawarenubeki sode no ue kana |
The pine trees’ roots By stony shore bound waves Are struck, and Must stand revealed Upon my sleeves. |
103
Right
初雁のとわたる風のたよりにもあらぬ思ひを誰につたへん
| hatsukari no towataru kaze no tayori ni mo aranu omoi o tare ni tsutaen |
The first, returning goose, Borne before the gate of heaven, of the unseen wind Is no harbinger; Just so the fires of my love: To whom should I reveal them? |
104
Left (Tie).
なびかじな浦人のもしほ火たきそめて煙は空にくゆりわぶとも
| nabikaji na ama no moshiobi takisomete keburi wa sora ni kuyuriwabu tomo |
It sways not: The fisher-folk’s salt fires, Fresh kindled Smoke rises skywards, Though passion smoulders here. |
101
Right
しられじな千入の木の葉こがるとも時雨るゝ雲に色し見えねば
| shirareji na chishio no ko no ha kogaru tomo shigururu kumo ni iro shi mieneba |
She knows it not! Deeply dyed the leaves May pine, yet ‘Neath the drizzling clouds Their hues are lost to sight. |
102