Round Forty-One
Left
むらさきの色にこころはあらねどもふかくぞ人をおもひそめつる
murasaki no iro ni kokoro wa aranedomo fukaku zo hito o omoisometuru | The violet[i] Hue is in my heart Nowhere to be found Yet deeply have you Started to stain my thoughts. |
81[ii]
Right
しのぶるに心のひまはなけれどもなほもる物はなみだなりけり
shinoburu ni kokoro ni hima wa nakeredomo nao moru mono wa namida narikeri | Secretly longing, My heart has cracks Not a one, yet Still leaking out are My tears. |
82[iii]
[i] The colour violet (murasaki), was renowned as being particularly deep, so the implication is that Daigo’s love is deeper than the deepest dye.
[ii] SKKS XI: 995: Sent to the Chūjō Junior Consort.
[iii] SKKS XI: 1037: Hidden love, when he composed a Hundred Poem Sequence.