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Daikōtaigōgū daijin kiyosuke-ason ke uta’awase 33

Round Thirty-Three

Left (Tie)

人数にあらずなるみのうらに又老の浪さへよるぞかなしき

hito kazu ni
arazu narumi no
ura ni mata
oi no nami sae
yoru zo kanashiki
Numbered among proper folk
I am not, as at Narumi
Bay, yet again do cruel
Waves of age
Break—so sad!

Lord Kinshige
65

Right

うきながらなほをしまるる命かな後の世とてもたのみなければ

ukinagara
nao oshimaruru
inochi kana
nochi no yo tote mo
tanominakereba
In constant suffering
Still do I regret
This life!
For even in the world to come
Can I place no trust…

Moromitsu
66

Neither has any parts I can’t understand.

Daikōtaigōgū daijin kiyosuke-ason ke uta’awase 30

Round Thirty

Personal Grievances

Left (Tie)

としをへて梅も桜もさくものを我が身のはるにまちぞかねぬる

toshi o hete
ume mo sakura mo
saku mono o
wa ga mi no haru ni
machi zo kanenuru
The years go by and
The plum and cherry, too,
Burst into bloom, yet
For the springtime of my sorry self
It is so hard to have waited!

Kiyosuke
59

Right

数ならで年へぬる身は今さらに世をうしとだにおもはざりけり

kazu narade
toshi henuru mi wa
ima sara ni
yo o ushi to dani
omowazarikeri
Innumerable are
The years I’ve passed, but
Right now, that
The world is a cruel place, even
I do not think.

Shun’e
60

Both of these have no faults to point out, but also no superlative parts either.

FGS VI: 563

On lightning.

いなづまのしばしもとめぬひかりにも草葉のつゆのかずはみえけり

inazuma no
shibashi mo tomenu
hikari ni mo
kusaba no tsuyu no
kazu wa miekeri
The lightning
Fails to linger for even a moment, yet
In its flash of light
Upon every blade of grass
Appear numerous dewdrops.

Lord Fujiwara no Tamehide

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Sahyōe no suke sadafumi uta’awase 11

Love without meeting

Left (Win)

あふことのかたきしなればしらなみのたちよるかずはわれのみぞしる

au koto no
katakishi nareba
shiranami no
tachiyoru kazu wa
ware nomi zo shiru
Meeting you is
A distant cliff, so
The whitecaps’
Numbers breaking there
I alone do know.

21

Right

あはむとはおもひわたれどふじかはのすまずはつひにかげもみえじを

awamu to wa
omoi wataredo
fujikawa no
sumazu wa tsui ni
kage mo mieji o
To meet her
Passionately did I cross, yet
The Fuji River
Was so clouded that at the last
Her shape I could not see at all…

Mitsune
22

GSS XVII: 1197

She had seen the return of the Cloistered Emperor, and when much later she did not seem to be weakening, she simply remained in her residence and sent this to him.

逢ふ事の年ぎりしぬるなげきには身のかずならぬ物にぞ有りける

au koto no
toshigiri shinuru
nageki ni wa
mi no kazu naranu
mono ni zo arikeru
A meeting with you
Has been absent this year—
The griefs of that
Weigh on me, countless
In number!

Lady Sekai