Round One Hundred and Forty-Three
Left
いかなればしらぬにおふるうきぬなはくるしや心人しれずのみ
| ika nareba shiranu ni ouru uki nunawa kurushi ya kokoro hito shirezu nomi | Why is that All unnoticed grows A floating water shield? How pained is a heart That no one knows at all… |
285[1]
Right
たちかへる人をもなにかうらみまし恋しさをだにとどめざりせば
| tachikaeru hito o mo nani ka uramimashi koishisa o dani todomezariseba | If he rises to return Why should he Be the object of my despite? If even his love He does not leave behind… |
286[2]
[1] Goshūishū XI: 606: Topic unknown.
[2] Senzaishū XIV: 852: Composed on the conception of love which fails to linger, when he composed ten love poems at the same residence.