Round Two

Left

あし引の山どりのをのしだりをのながながし夜をひとりかもねん

ashihiki no yamadori no o no shidario no naganagashi yo o hitori kamo nemu

Leg-wearying The mountain pheasant’s tail Hangs down So long, so long, the night Must I sleep alone?

3[i]

Right

君が世はつきじとぞおもふかみかぜやみもすそ川のすまむかぎりは

kimi ga yo wa tsukiji to zo omou kamikaze ya mimosusogawa no sumamu kagiri wa

My Lord’s reign Shall never end, I feel! While beneath the divine winds The Mimosuso River[ii] Is clear!

4[iii]

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[i] SIS XIII: 778: Topic unknown. Also Ogura hyakunin isshu 3.

[ii] The Mimosuso River (mimosugawa 御裳濯川) is the name given to the Isuzu River (isuzugawa 五十鈴川) as it flows past the Grand Shrine of Ise, which is dedicated to the ancestral deity of the imperial house, Amaterasu ōmikami 天照大神.

[iii] GSIS VII: 450: Composed for the Palace Poetry Match in Shōryaku 2 [1078].