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 And yet Their flesh is empty— O, how strange is A cicada shell world! |
Tadamine
9
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 Calls again and again; A child’s shoulder-brushing Hair dangling down: The song of a summer shower. |
Mitsune
10
Composed on the conception of love as a year passes when people were at the residence of the Regent and former Minister of the Left.
われがみはとがへるたかとなりにけりとしはふれどもこゐはわすれず
| ware ga mi Fa togaFeru taka to narinikeri tosi Fa Furedomo kowi Fa wasurezu | My flesh as A hawk returning to its mews Has become; A year has passed, yet This love I will not forget. |
The Minister of the Left [Minamoto no Toshifusa]
Left
おもひつつひるはかくてもなぐさめつ夜こそ涙つきずながるる
| omoitsutsu hiru wa kakute mo nagusametsu yoru koso namida tukizu nagaruru | Ever thinking of you My day is thus Consoled, but At night, indeed, my tears Never do run dry… |
178
Right
かぎりなく深きおもひを忍ぶれば身をころすにもおとらざりけり
| kagirinaku fukaki omoi o shinobureba mi o korosu ni mo otorazarikeri | Endless Depths has the love That I conceal, so That it will kill my flesh Is no exaggeration. |
179
Left
あかずして君を恋ひつる涙にぞうきみしづみみやせわたりける
| akazushite kimi o koitsuru namida ni zo ukimi shizumimi yasewatarikeru | An endless hunger is My love for you; In tears does My flesh float and sink As it grows ever thinner. |
170
Right
かしまなるつくまの神のつくづくと我が身ひとつに恋をつみつる
| kashima naru tsukuma no kami no tsukuzuku to wa ga mi hitotsu ni koi o tsumikeru | In Kashima Does the God of Tsukuma Constantly Upon my flesh, alone, Lay the burdens of love? |
171
Left
おもひ侘びけぶりは空に立ちぬれどわりなくもなき恋のしるしか
| omoiwabi keburi wa sora ni tachinuredo warinaku mo naki koi no shirushi ka | Suffering from passion’s fire, Smoke into the skies Has risen, yet Of a not unreasonable Love is this a sign? |
168
Right
人をおもふ心のおきは身をぞやく煙たつとは見えぬものから
| hito o omou kokoro no oki wa mi o zo yaku keburi tatsu to wa mienu mono kara | Loving her The coals within my heart Do burn my flesh, though Of smoke arising Is there no sign at all… |
169
Summer Garb (夏衣)
身にちかくなるとはすれど衣川ひとへにのみはえこそたのまね
| mi ni chikaku naru to wa suredo koromogawa hitoe ni nomi wa e koso tanomane |
Close to my flesh: To that I am accustomed, yet The River Robe In just a single layer: In that I cannot place my trust! |
Lady Higo from the Residence of the Kyōgyoku Regent
京極関白家肥後