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Hon’in sadaijin-ke uta’awase 02

Silver Grass

Left

ひとしれずおひぬものから花すすきなどかあきしもほにはいづらん

hito shirezu
oinu mono kara
hanasusuki
nado ka aki shimo
ho ni wa izuran
Unknown to all
Does grow
The silver grass, so
Why with the autumn frosts
Might the fronds emerge?

3

Right

まねくかとみてたちよれば花すすきうちふくかぜになびくなりけり

maneku ka to
mite tachiyoreba
hanasusuki
uchifuku kaze ni
nabiku narikeri
Wondering at being beckoned,
I gazed, and then drew near to
The silver grass, but
The gusting wind
Was trailing ‘cross it!

4

Kanpyō no ōntoki chūgū uta’awase 11

Winter

Round Eleven

Left

霜のうへにふる初雪の朝氷とけむほどこそひさしかりけれ

shimo no ue ni
furu hatsuyuki no
asagōri
tokemu hodo koso
hisashikarikere
Upon the frosts
Falls first snow, turning
Icy in the morning;
The time when it will melt is
Far away, indeed.

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Right (Win)

いつのまにふりつもりけんみよしのの山のかひよりくづれ落つる雪

itsu no ma ni
furitsumoriken
miyoshino no
yama no kai yori
kuzure’otsuru yuki
All of a sudden
Has it fallen and piled high
In fair Yoshino
The mountain passes are
Blocked by fallen snow.

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[1] Kokin rokujō I: 696