Round Thirty-Two
Left
いつとても身のうき事はかはらねど昔は老をなげきやはせじ
itsu tote mo mi no uki koto wa kawaranedo mukashi wa oi o nageki ya wa seji | Ever does My suffering remain Unchanged, yet Long ago, my age Surely, was not a source of grief. |
Atsuyori
63
Right (Win)
かくばかりうき世の中もすてはてんと思ふになればかなしかりけり
kaku bakari ukiyo no naka mo sutehaten to omou ni nareba kanashikarikeri | Such a singular Mundane world of suffering To abandon completely I have come to think, but Still I am sad. |
Kūnin
64
I feel that both are true, but the Right seems a little superior at present.
目に近く移ればかはる世の中を行くすゑとほくたのみけるかな
me ni chikaku utsureba kawaru yo no naka o yukusue tōku tanomikeru kana | Within my sight Revealed, but changing Is this mundane world that Into the distant future I had placed my trust! |
Murasaki no ue
Created with Soan.
なほたのめしめぢがはらのさせもぐさ我がよの中にあらむかぎりは
nao tanome shimeji ga hara no sasemogusa wa ga yo no naka ni aran kagiri wa | Yet trust in me! For while On Shimeji plain The mugwort smoulders I, within this mundane world Will ever be… |
This poem is said to have been recited by the Kiyomizu Kannon.
Created with Soan.
Topic unknown.
いづこにか世をばいとはむ心こそのにも山にもまどふべらなれ
iduko ni ka yo woba itoFamu kokoro koso no ni mo yama ni mo madoFuberanare | Where might I Find respite from this mundane world? While my heart, indeed, Among the fields and mountains, too, Does wander in confusion! |
Sosei
Created with Soan.
Topic unknown.
世中はとてもかくてもおなじことみやもわら屋もはてしなければ
yo no naka wa tote mo kakute mo onaji koto miya mo waraya mo hateshinakereba | When of this mundane world, I think, all Is ever the same: for Palaces and straw-roofed huts, both, Will someday fall to ruin. |
Semimaru
Created with Soan.
Topic unknown.
秋かぜになびくあさぢのすゑごとにおくしら露のあはれ世中
akikaze ni nabiku asaji no sue goto ni oku shiratsuyu no aware yo no naka | In the autumn breeze The cogon grass trails back and forth; On every single frond Drop silver dewdrops— So sad is this mundane world of ours. |
Semimaru
Created with Soan.
When the parents of a woman with whom he had been conversing secretly heard about it and forbade it.
かずならばかからましやは世中にいとかなしきはしづのをだまき
kazu naraba kakaramashi ya yo no naka ni ito kanashiki wa shizu no odamaki | If I were as other folk, then I would not be treated so! In this mundane world A thread of sorrow winds on The bobbin of my sorry lot! |
Consultant [Ono no] Takamura
Created with Soan.
Old Folk.
いづこにかみをばよせましよのなかにおいをいとはぬ人しなければ
izuko ni ka mi oba yosemashi yo no naka ni oi o itowanu hito shi nakareba | Somewhere I would seek shelter, for In this mundane world One who does not dislike the old— There is no such person! |
Waterweed 萍
世の中は水のうへなるうき草のうきにたへたる身をいかにせん
yo no naka wa mizu no uenaru ukikusa no uki ni taetaru mi o ikani sen | In this mundane world Atop the waters lies A waterweed – In endless misery, O, what am I to do? |
Higo
世の中のはかなきほどにくらぶればなほいなづまも久かりけり
yo no naka no hakanaki hodo ni kurabureba nao inazuma mo hisashikarikeri | This mundane world’s Transitory length: By comparison Even the lightning Does last for ever… |
Tadafusa
'Simply moving and elegant'