Round Ninety-Nine

Left

しのぶれどいろにでにけり我が恋は物やおもふと人のとふまで

shinoburedo iro ni idenikeri wa ga koi wa mono ya omou to hito no tou made

I kept it secret, but Passion’s hues will reveal themselves; so Of my love, ‘Is there something on your mind?’ Folk have gone so far to ask…

197[1]

Right

もしほやくあまのいそ屋の夕煙たつ名もつらしおもひたえなで

moshio yaku ama no iso ya no yû keburi tatsu na mo kurushi omoi taenade

Seaweed-salt burning, From fisher-folks’ huts upon the rocky shore In the evening smoke Rises-painful to lose my good name, yet I cannot bear this longing.

198[2]

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[1] Shūishū XI: 622: For a poetry match during the reign of the Tenryaku emperor.

[2] Shinkokinshū XII: 1116: Composed on ‘love in the evening’.