Round Sixty

Left

あり明のつれなくみえし別より暁ばかりうき物はなし

ariake no turenaku mieshi wakare yori akatsuki bakari uki mono wa nashi

At the dawning How cruel it seemed To part, but The fading moon Cared not at all.

119[i]

Right

おもひ草葉末にむすぶしら露のたまたまきては手にもたまらず

omoigusa hazue ni musubu shiratsuyu no tamatama kite wa te ni mo tamarazu

My passion, to the dayflower’s Leaf-tips clings A silver dewdrop Gem—unexpectedly arriving, It will not fall into my hand…

120[ii]

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[i] KKS XIII: 625: Topic unknown.

[ii] KYS VII: 416: Composed on the conception of coming unexpectedly, but being unable to meet, when people were composing ten love poem sequences at the residence of Lord Toshitada.