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SIS III: 171

For a folding screen, where people were relaxing at a house with a pond, on the night of the 15th of the Eighth Month.

水のおもにてる月なみをかぞふればこよひぞ秋のも中なりける

midu no omo ni
teru tukinami wo
kazoFureba
koyoFi zo aki no
monaka narikeru
Upon the water’s face
Shine waves of moonlight;
Counting reveals that
Tonight is autumn’s
Centrepoint!

Minamoto no Shitagō

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

Teiji-in uta’awase 38

Left

さくはなのちりつつうかぶみづのおもにいかでうき草ねざしそめけむ

saku hana no
chiritsutsu ukabu
mizu no omo ni
ikade ukikusa
nezashi somekemu
Blossom blooming and
Ever scattering, and floating
Upon the surface of the water,
So why might the waterweed
Begin to put down roots?

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Right

まつひとはつねならなくにほととぎすおもひのほかになかばうからむ

matsu hito wa
tsune naranaku ni
hototogisu
omoi no hoka ni
nakaba ukaramu
The one awaiting you is
Ever changing,
O, cuckoo, but
If, my longing you should not meet
With your song, how I will hate you!

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