Round Forty
Left
あし引の山郭公けふとてやあやめの草のねにたててなく
ashihiki no yamahototogisu kyō tote ya ayame no kusa no ne ni tatete naku | Leg wearying, The mountain cuckoo, Knowing today, perhaps, On the sweet-flag Roots does perch and sing. |
Engi
79[i]
Right
ゆふさればをののあさぢふ玉ちりてこころくだくる風の音かな
yū sareba ono no asajū tama chirite kokoro kudakuru kaze no oto kana | When the evening comes All across the cogon-grass plain Scatter gemstones— Heart-tangling is The sound of wind! |
The Later Hosshōji Lay Priest and Former Chancellor and Palace Minister
80[ii]
[i] SIS II: 111: Topic unknown.
[ii] SZS IV: 272: Composed as an autumn poem.