Round Ten

Left

わたのはらやそ島かけてこぎ出でぬと人にはつげよあまのつりぶね

wata no hara yasoshima kakete kogiidenu to hito ni wa tsugeyo ama no tsuri bune

Across the wide seascape Toward the myriad isles I am sent rowing Tell that to them, Oh, fisher folk in your boats.

Consultant Ono no Takamura
19[i]

Right

ふりつみし高峰のみゆきとけにけりきよたき河の水のしらなみ

furitsumishi takane no miyuki tokenikeri kiyotakigawa no mizu no shiranami

Deep-fallen upon The peaks, the fair snows Have melted; Kiyotaki River’s Waters run with whitecaps.

Monk Saigyō
20[ii]

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[i] KKS IX: 407: When he was exiled to the province of Oki, he boarded a ship and, on departure, sent this to someone in the capital.

[ii] SKKS I: 27: As a spring poem.