Round Sixty-Four

Left

月見ればちぢに物こそかなしけれ我が身ひとつの秋にはあらねど

tsuki mireba chiji ni mono koso kanashikere wagami hitotsu no aki ni wa aranedo

When I look upon the moon Myriad are my Griefs, Though for me alone Autumn has not fallen.

Ōe no Chisato
127[i]

Right

秋の夜の月にいくたびながめして物おもふことの身につもるらん

aki no yo no tsuki ni ikutabi nagameshite mono’omou koto no mi ni tsumoruran

Upon an autumn night’s Moon how many times Have I gazed out, while Gloomy thoughts Pile ever higher upon me?[ii]

Consultant Masatsune
128[iii]

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[i] KKS IV: 193: Composed at the poetry competition at Prince Koresada’s house.

[ii] An allusive variation on SIS VIII: 432.

[iii] ShokuSZS V: 468/470: When a Hundred Poem Sequence was presented to former Emperor Gotoba in Kenpo 4 [1216].