Round Thirty-Six

Left

いまこむといひしばかりになが月のあり明の月をまちいでつるかな

ima komu to iishi bakari ni nagatsuki no ariake no tsuki o machi’idetsuru kana

‘I will come now,’ He had said, but Until the Longest Month’s Dawntime moon Appeared, have I been waiting…

71[i]

Right

うれしくはのちの心を神もきけひくしめなはのたえじとぞおもふ

ureshiku wa nochi no kokoro o kami mo kike hiku shimenawa no taeji to zo omou

Should it please you, Let my heart in days to come— Heed my prayer, O, God— As a sacred garland strung I would it prove false never!

72[ii]

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[i] KKS XIV: 691: Topic unknown.

[ii] SZS XII: 709/708: Composed on the conception of praying for love, for the same ten poem sequence.