Round Forty-Two
Left
はかなくもあけにけるかな朝露のおきてののちぞきえまさりける
hakanaku mo akenikeru kana asatsuyu no okite no nochi zo kiemasarikeru | How swiftly Dawn has broken! The morning dew Arises, then Vanishes so skillfully—as do you! |
83[i]
Right
ながらへてかはるこころをみるよりはあふにいのちをかへてましやは
nagaraete kawaru kokoro o miru yori wa au ni inochi o kaetemashi ya wa | To live on and Your inconstant heart See—Would I rather For a meeting my life Exchange |
84[ii]
[i] SKKS XIII: 1171: Presented to the Ōmi Concubine.
[ii] A minor variant on SZS XIV: 881: Composed on the conception of unmet love with varying emotions, when he was ordered to produce a hundred poem sequence.