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MYS XI: 2453

春楊 葛山 発雲 立座 妹念

はるやなぎ かづらきやまに たつくもの たちてもゐても いもをしぞおもふ

paru yanagi
kadurakiyama ni
tatu kumo no
tatite mo wite mo
imo wo si zo omopu
Spring willows
Cap Kazuraki Mountain, where
Clouds rise, but
Rising or remaining
My darling is ever in my thoughts

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection

Kinkai wakashū 565

草枕たびにしあればいもにこひさむるまをなみ夢さへみえず

kusamakura
tabi ni shi areba
imo ni koi
samuru ma o nami
yume sae miezu
A pillow of grass
I have on my travels, so
Yearning for my darling
I lie awake, not even
Glimpsing her within a dream.[i]

565


[i] See: 家有者 笥尓盛飯乎 草枕 旅尓之有者 椎之葉尓盛 ie ni areba/ ke ni moru ii o / kusamakura / tabi ni shi areba / shii no ha ni moru ‘When I am at home / The pots are full of rice, but / Pillowed on the grass / On this journey now / Only the chinquapin leaves are plentiful…’ Prince Arima (Man’yōshū II: 142)

MYS V: 798

伊毛何美斯 阿布知乃波那波 知利奴倍斯 和何那久那美多 伊摩陁飛那久尓

いもがみし あふちのはなは ちりぬべし わがなくなみた いまだひなくに

imo ga misi
aputi no pana pa
tirinubesi
wa ga naku namida
imada pinaku ni
My darling’s eyes
Met chinaberry blooms,
All scattered now, though
The tears I weep
Have yet to dry…

Tabito

Daikōtaigōgū daijin kiyosuke-ason ke uta’awase 20

Round Twenty

Scarlet Leaves

Left (Tie)

秋されば暁つゆにいもが袖まきぎの山ににほふもみぢば

aki sareba
akatsuki tsuyu ni
imo ga sode
makigi no yama ni
niou momijiba
When the autumn comes,
With the dawn, the dewdrops, as
Upon a sweet girl’s sleeves,
At Makigi Mountain
Bring a lustre to the scarlet leaves…

Masashige
39

Right

下染はおなじみどりにみし程も紅葉の色のうすくこきかな

shitazome wa
onaji midori ni
mishi hodo mo
momiji no iro no
usuku koki kana
First dyed
All with green,
When I gazed upon them, now
The scarlet leaves’ hues are
Pale and vibrant both!

Kūnin
40

The Left has a lofty tone, yet the Right is still smooth. Thus, I make this a tie.