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Sahyōe no suke sadafumi uta’awase 17

Left (Tie)

あふことのいまはかたほになるふねのかざままつ身はよるかたもなし

au koto no
ima wa katao ni
naru fune no
kazama matsu mi wa
yoru kata mo nashi
Meeting you has made me
Now a reef-sailed
Boat
Awaiting the wind, with
No course to set.

33

Right

ねでまちしはつかのつきのはつかにもあひみしことをいつかわすれむ

nede machishi
hatsuka no tsuki no
hatsuka ni mo
aimishi koto o
itsuka wasuremu
Sleepless I awaited
The twentieth night’s moon, when
In the dimness
We did meet—
When might I forget it?

34

Uda-in uta’awase 11

Wisteria

Left (Win)

おくつゆのひかりてたまぞみえまがふちのはながらにきえずもあらなむ

oku tsuyu no
hikarite tama zo
miemagau
chi no ha nagara ni
kiezu mo aranamu
The fallen dewdrops
Shine like gems
Within my sight;
From the budding leaves
I would they vanished not!

21

Right

あまつそらてりみくもりみゆくつきのふちのはなどはさやけかるらん

ama tsu sora
terimi kumorimi
yuku tsuki no
fuchi no ha nado wa
sayakekaruran
Through the heaven-bound skies
Shining, then clouding,
Goes the moon, so
Why, by this deep pool’s edge
Should it show so clear?

Fukayabu
22

KYS III: 215

Composed on the moon at dawn at a mountain retreat.

やまざとのかどたのいねのほのぼのとあくるもしらず月を見るかな

yamazato no
kadota no ine no
Fonobono to
akuru mo sirazu
tuki o miru kana
At a mountain retreat, that
The rice seedlings in the paddy ‘fore my gate
Are dimly
Brightening, I know not, for
My gaze is on the moon!

Middle Counsellor Akitaka
中納言顕隆

Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 70

Left

冬の池のうへはこほりてとぢたるをいかでか月のそこにすむらん

fuyu no ike no
ue wa kōrite
tojitaru o
ikade ka tsuki no
soko ni sumuramu
A winter pond is
Frozen above and
Completely sealed, so
Why is it that the moon
Seems so clear upon its bed?

Tomonori
137

Right

ふゆさむみみのもにかくるますかがみとくも我なむ老いまどふべく

fuyu samumi
mi no mo ni kakuru
masukagami
toku mo warenamu
oimadoubeku
In winter’s chill
Upon the water’s surface rests
A clear glass, but
Long since did I break it—
Surely confused in my old age!

138

Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 58

Left

秋の月草むらわかずてらせばややどせる露を玉とみすらん

aki no tsuki
kusamura wakazu
teraseba ya
yadoseru tsuyu o
tama to misuran
Does the autumn moon
Not forge through the grassy thickets
As it shines? For
The dewdrops it lodges there
It seems to display as jewels.

114

Right

なほざりに秋のみやまに入りぬれば錦のいろの衣をこそきれ

naozari ni
aki nomi yama ni
irinureba
nishiki no iro no
kinu o koso kire
Easily, indeed,
Does autumn, simply, to the mountains
Enter in, so
In garb the hue of
Brocade do they clothe themselves!

115

Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 57

Left

秋のせみさむき声にぞきこゆなる木のはの衣を風やぬぎつる

aki no semi
samuki koe ni zo
kikoyunaru
ko no ha no kinu o
kaze ya nugitsuru
In the autumn, the cicadas’
Chill song
I hear;
Has the trees’ garb of leaves
Been stripped from them by the wind?

112[1]

Right

あきの夜の月の影こそ木の間よりおちてはきぬとみえわたりけれ

aki no yo no
tsuki no kage koso
ko no ma yori
ochite wa kinu to
miewatarikere
On an autumn night
The moon’s light, truly,
From between the trees
Does come a’falling
Everywhere, it seems.

113


[1] Shinsen man’yōshū 109/Fubokushō XIII: 5422