Round Eighty-One

Left

身にしみておもふ心のふかければつひに色にもいでぬべきかな

mi ni shimite omou kokoro no fukakereba tsui ni iro ni mo idenubeki kana

Within my flesh The feelings of my heart Are buried deep, but At long last my passions Can be revealed!

161[1]

Right

うらみわびほさぬ袖だにあるものをこひにくちなん名こそをしけれ

uramiwabi hosanu sode dani aru mono o koi ni kuchinan na koso oshikere

Suffering his despite, Never dry are my sleeves, And yet, that A fool in love is My reputation I regret all the more.

162[2]

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[1] SIS XI: 633: When he was a gentleman-in-waiting and had just started speaking to Masatada’s daughter.

[2] GSIS XIV: 815: For the Palace Poetry Match in Eishō 6 [1051].