Round Eighty

Left

伊勢のうみの千ひろのはまにひろふともいまはなにてふかひかあるべき

ise no umi no chihiro no hama ni hirou to mo ima wa nani chō kai ka arubeki

By the sea at Ise Across a thousand yards of beach Would I gather them, but Now what use Might be these seashells?

159[1]

Right

もろともにいつかとくべきあふことのかたむすびなるよはのしたひも

morotomo ni itsuka tokubeki au koto no katamusubi naru yowa no shitahimo

Together When might we undo the mystery Of our meeting, and My half-knotted Underbelt at midnight?

160[2]

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[1] GSS XIII: 927: When the Nishi-shijō Ise Virgin was still a princess, while there were some tender feelings between them, it was decided that she should become Ise Virgin, so at dawn on the following day, he had this sent to her, attached to a branch of sakaki.

[2] GSIS XII: 695: At a time when she was secretly feeling very gloomy, when she was asked why she was so downcast by someone she was close to, who perhaps guessed it was due to love—she thought this in her heart.