Round Ninety-Seven

Left

くれて行くあきのかたみに置く物はわがもとゆひの霜にぞ有りける

kureteyuku aki no katami ni oku mono wa wa ga motoyui no shimo ni zo arikeru

Heading into twilight Autumn for a keepsake Falling upon My hair-tie is Frost![i]

Taira no Kanemori
193[1]

Right

身にかへておもふもくるしさくら花さかぬみ山にやどもとめてむ

mi ni kaete omou mo kurushi sakurabana sakanu miyama ni yado mo tometemu

It will cost my life, So painful to think of Cherry blossom Not yet in bloom deep within the mountains Where my lodging is to be.

Fujiwara no Hideyoshi
194[2]

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[1] Shūishū III: 214: In a reply to a letter sent by Shigeyuki at the end of autumn.

[2] Shinshūishū II: 123: On the same conception [blossom, when he presented a hundred poem sequence].