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
Lord Kinshige
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
Moromitsu
Neither has any parts I can’t understand.
On ‘fireflies confused in flight—autumn’s already near’.
かきつばたおふるさはべに飛ぶほたる数こそまされ秋やちかけん
kakitsubata ouru sawabe ni tobu hotaru kazu koso masare aki ya chikaken Irises
神まつるう月になれば卯花のうきことのはのかずやまさらん
kami matsuru uzuki ni nareba unohana no uki koto no ha no kazu ya masaran When worshipping the gods
Recited aloud on the rising sun at Ōtsu beach.
きみがよはおほつのはまのまさごもてかずととるともつきじとぞ思ふ
kimi ga yo wa ōtsu no hama no masago mote kazu to toru tomo tsukiji to zo omou My Lord’s reign: though
Ōe no Masafusa
Created with Soan.
Shioni
うけとむるそでをしをに てつらぬかばなみだのたまのかずは見てまし
uketomurushi o ni te Resting
Ise
Created with Soan.
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 A meeting with you
Lady Sekai
Left
かけつればちぢのこがねも数しりぬなど我が恋のあふばかりなき
kaketsureba chiji no kogane mo kazu shirinu nado wa ga koi no au bakari naki Strung together, they are, so
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Right
君こふる涙の床にみちぬれば身をつくしとぞ我はなりぬる
kimi kouru namida no toko ni michinureba mi o tsukushi to zo ware wa narinuru Loving you
Okikaze[1]
[1] Kokinshū XII: 569/ Kokin rokujō III: 1961
年ごとにあふとはすれど七夕のぬるよの数ぞすくなかりける
toshi goto ni au to wa suredo tanabata no nuru yo no kazu zo sukunakarikeru Every single year
Mitsune
In the Tenryaku period, when the Ichijō Regent [Fujiwara no Koretada] was Head Chamberlain, His Majesty lost his belt to him while playing go . The games continued, and Koretada’s losses mounted, so His Majesty composed this poem to ask for the return of his belt.
白浪の打ちやかへすと待つほどに浜の真砂の数ぞ積もれる
siranami no
Wondering when the whitecaps
Emperor Murakami
When converting the Man’yōshū to Japanese.
独ぬる宿には月の見えざらば恋しき事の数はまさらじ
Fitori nuru
Sleeping solo
Minamoto no Shitagō
'Simply moving and elegant'
