Round Sixteen
The Moon
Left (Tie)
今よりはふけ行くまでに月はみしその事となく涙おちけり
ima yori wa fukeyuku made ni tsuki wa mishi sono koto to naku namida ochikeri From now
Lord Kiyosuke
Right
待つ人のこぬもおもへばつらからずねなばこよひの月をみましや
matsu hito no konu mo omoeba tsurakarazu nenaba koyoi no tsuki o mimashi ya The man I await
Kūnin
Both have deep feeling—it really is impossible to distinguish them.
Composed as a love poem, when she presented a hundred poem sequence.
あら磯の岩にくだくる浪なれやつれなき人にかくる心は
ara’iso no Along the stony shore
Taikenmon’in Horikawa
Created with Soan .
Sent to the house of a lady whom another man was visiting regularly.
われならぬ人に心をつくば山したにかよはむ道だにやなき
ware naranu ‘Tis not I, but
Lord Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu
Created with Soan .
Composed on the conception of love at the end of the Third Month.
春はをし人はこよひとたのむればおもひわづらふ今日のくれかな
Faru Fa wosi Regretting the departure of spring, and
The Minister of the Centre
Created with Soan .
Sent as a reply to someone who said he would visit, after failing to come for a long time.
おもひいでてたれをか人のたづねましうきにたへたるいのちならずは
omoFi’idete Thinking back,
Handmaid Koshikibu
Created with Soan .
人にまだをられぬものをたれにこのすきものぞとはくちならしけん
hito ni mada No man has yet
Murasaki Shikibu
すき物と名にしたてればみる人のをらですぐるはあらじとぞおもふ
sukimono to Sour but saucy
Michinaga
Topic unknown.
いづ方によるとかは見む青柳のいと定めなき人の心を
idukata ni Where is it that
Anonymous
He had paid a visit to the house of an acquaintance where there was a plum tree. ‘When it blooms, I will certainly invite you to come,’ he was told, but when no letter arrived…
梅花今は盛りになりぬらんたのめし人のをとづれもせぬ
mume no Fana The plum blossom
The Suzakuin Prince and Minister for War [Atsukata/Atsumoto]
Sent to the Fifth Princess.
君がなの立つにとがなき身なりせばおほよそ人になしてみましや
kimi ga na no tatu ni toganaki mi nariseba oFoyosobito ni nasite mimasi ya Should a rumour of you, my Lady,
Lord [Fujiwara no] Tadafusa
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'Simply moving and elegant'
