Cherry.
うつ蝉の世はゆめなれやさくらばなさきてはちりぬあはれいつまで
utsusemi no yo wa yume nare ya sakurabana sakite wa chirinu aware itsu made Were this cicada shell [i]
[i] See: Topic unknown. うつせみの世にも似たるか花ざくらさくと見しまにかつちりにけり utsusemi no / yo ni mo nitaru ka / hanazakura / saku to mishi ma ni / katsu chirinikeri ‘This cicada-shell / World do you resemble, / O, cherry blossom? / The moment that I see you bloom / Have you already scattered.’ Anonymous (Kokinshū II: 73
On the conception of summer lover, when he held a poetry match at his house.
うつせみのなくねやよそにもりの露ほしあへぬ袖を人のとふまで
utsusemi no A cicada shell of
The Regent and Grand Minister
From a poetry match held by Tsurayuki when he was Suō province in Tengyō 2 – The beginning of Summer.
いつしかとなつになるらしうつせみのこゑもあはれになきはじむらし
itsu shika to natsu ni narurashi utsusemi no koe mo aware ni nakihajimurashi All of a sudden
Anonymous
木がくれて物をおもへば空蝉の羽におく露のきえやかへらん
kogakurete mono o omoeba utsusemi no ha ni oku tsuyu no kie ya kaeran Hidden by the trees, and
415
夏しげき杜のうつせみおのれのみむなしき恋に身をくだくらん
natsu shigeki mori no utsusemi onore nomi munashiki koi ni mi o kudakuran In summer’s lush
413
The End of Summer
Left
なくこゑはするものからに身はむなしあなおぼつかなうつせみのよや
naku koe wa suru mono kara ni mi wa munashi ana obotsukana utsusemi no yo ya Their voices sing
Tadamine
Right (Win)
ほととぎすをちかへりなけうなゐこがうちたれがみのさみだれのこゑ
hototogisu ochikaeri nake unaiko ga uchitaregami no samidare no koe A cuckoo
Mitsune
Left
空蝉の侘びしきものを夏草の露にかかれる身にこそ有りけれ
utsusemi no wabishiki mono o natsukusa no tsuyu ni kakareru mi ni koso arikere A cicada’s empty shell
43
Right
なつの夜の月はほどなく明けながらあしたの間をぞかこちよせける
natsu no yo no tsuki wa hodonaku akenagara ashita no ma o zo kakochiyosekeru On a summer night,
44
Topic unknown.
うつせみの世にも似たるか花ざくらさくと見しまにかつちりにけり
utusemi no This cicada-shell
Anonymous
Cicadas (蟬)
うつせみのいでがたくても過すかないかでこの世に跡をとどめん
utsusemi no A cicada shell
Toshiyori
In reply:
蓮葉にうかぶ露こそたのまるれなに空蟬の世をなげくらむ
Fatisuba ni
Upon the lotus leaf
'Simply moving and elegant'
