Left (Tie).
うつろはむ色をかぎりに三室山時雨もしらぬ世を頼むかな
| utsurowamu iro o kagiri ni mimuroyama shigure mo shiranu yo o tanomu kana |
The fading Hues of our passion our end Do mark: at Mimuro mountain, A world ignorant of such showers Is what I long for. |
127
Right (Tie).
消えわびぬうつろふ人の秋の色に身をこがらしの杜の下露
| kiewabinu utsurou hito no aki no iro ni mi o kogarashi no mori no shimotsuyu |
Fading and gone am I! My fickle love, Sated, in autumn hues Kogarashi Forest, burning with wind Fanned fire, and drenched in dew. |
128
Left (Tie).
たれもこのあはれみじかき玉の緒に亂れてものを思はずもがな
| tare mo kono aware mijikaki tama no o ni midarete mono o omowazu mogana |
There’s none who this Pitifully short Jewelled thread of life A tangle could Not think! |
125
Right (Tie).
いかゞせむありしわかれを限にて此世ながらの心かはらば
| ikaga semu arishi wakare o kagiri nite kono yo nagara no kokoro kawaraba |
What is to be done? That past parting was Our end, yet Here within this world, Should our hearts change… |
126
Left (Tie).
忘れじのちぎりうらむる故郷の心もしらぬ松蟲の聲
| wasureji no chigiri uramuru furusato no kokoro mo shiranu matsumushi no koe |
Never to forget, He vowed – how hateful! Around my aged home, All unknowing of my heart, The pine crickets sing their song… |
123
Right (Tie).
こぬ人をまつほの浦の夕なぎに燒くやもしほの身もこがれつゝ
| konu hito o matsuo no ura no yūnagi ni yaku ya moshio no mi mo kogaretsutsu |
For one who fails to come, I pine; within the bay of Matsuo In the evening calm, Burns seaweed salt, As does my breast with longing. |
124
Left (Tie).
今のまの我身にかぎる鳥のねを誰うきものと歸りそめけん
| ima no ma no wagami ni kagiru tori no ne o tare ukimono to kaerisomeken |
At this time For me, alone, The cock does crow, Asking, ‘Who’s this sad soul?’ Starting out for home… |
121
Right
忘れずはなれし袖もや氷覧ねぬ夜の床の霜の小莚
| wasurezu wa nareshi sode mo ya kōruran nenu yo no toko no shimo no samushiro |
If she has forgot-me-not, Might those so familiar sleeves, as mine, Be frozen? A sleepless night abed, Frost forming on my mat of straw… |
122
Left (Tie).
こひ死なぬ身のおこたりぞ年へぬるあらばあふよの心づよさに
| koishinanu mi no okotari zo toshi henuru araba au yo no kokoro zuyosa ni |
I have not died of love, So idly have I Passed the time; Within this world, that we’ll meet again Is firmly lodged within my heart. |
119
Right
あふことはしのぶの衣あはれなどまれなる色に亂そめけん
| au koto wa shinobu no koromo aware nado mare naru iro ni midare someken |
Meeting you, I recall, in much-dyed Shinobu garb, It’s sad, but Rare it is with passion To be shattered. |
120
Left.
我袖にむなしき浪はかけそめつ契もしらぬ床の浦風
| wa ga sode ni munashiki nami wa kakesometsu chigiri mo shiranu toko no urakaze |
Upon my sleeves, Vacantly, waves Have begun to break; All unknowing of our vows is The wind cross Bedding Bay… |
117
Right.
白玉の緒斷の橋の名もつらしくだけておつる袖の涙に
| shiratama no odae no hashi no na mo tsurashi kudaketeotsuru sode no namida ni |
White jewels on Broken-thread Bridge – The name does pierce my heart; A scattered fall of Tears upon my sleeves. |
118
Left (Win).
うへしげる垣根がくれの小篠原しられぬ戀はうきふしもなし
| ueshigeru kakinegakure no ozasawara shirarenu koi wa ukifushi mo nashi |
The fertile fronds Conceal the fence within A field of bamboo grass: Knowing not of my love, she Feels not its cruel cut. |
115
Right.
夜な夜なの月も涙にくもりにき影だに見せぬ人をこふとて
| yonayona no tsuki mo namida ni kumoriniki kage dani misenu hito o kou tote |
Each and every night The moon with tears Is clouded; For one who’ll show not e’en a hint Is all that I do love. |
116
Left (Tie).
くるゝ夜は衛士のたく火をそれと見よ室の八嶋も都ならねば
| kururu yo wa eji no taku hi wo sore to miyo muro no yashima mo miyako naraneba |
In the dark of night, The conscripts kindled flames Behold as my love, for The waters of Muro no Yashima Lie not within the capital. |
113
Right (Tie).
蘆の屋に螢やまがふ海人やたく思ひも戀も夜はもえつゝ
| ashi no ya ni hotaru ya magau ama ya taku omoi mo koi mo yoru wa moetsutsu |
In a reed-roofed hut, One might mistake for fireflies, or Fisherfolk’s kindled fires The passion and the love, that Burns in me throughout the night. |
114
Left (Tie).
世とゝもに吹上の濱のしほ風に靡く眞砂のくだけてぞ思ふ
| yo to tomo ni fukiage no hama no shio kaze ni nabiku masago no kudakete zo omou |
Long lasting as the world, Upon the beach at Fukiage By the tide-borne wind The streaming sands Are shattered as my thoughts of you. |
111
Right
住の江の松のねたくやよる浪のよるとはなげき夢をだに見で
| sumi no e no matsu no netaku ya yoru nami no yoru to wa nageki yume o dani mide |
The Suminoe Pines: how I envy them! Roots Washed by waves, My night is sunk in sorrow, Lacking e’en a glimpsed dream. |
112
Left (Win).
年もへぬ祈る契は初瀬山をのへの鐘のよその夕暮れ
| toshi mo henu inoru chigiri wa hatsuseyama onoe no kane no yoso no yûgure |
The years have passed, and Our prayed for love is Done; on Hatsuse Mountain’s Peak, the sunset bell Tolls in the distant dusk. |
109
Right
おもかげはおしへて宿にさきだちてこたへぬ風の松の吹聲
| omokage wa oshiete yado ni sakidachite kotaenu kaze no matsu no fuku koe |
Her form to Reveal, to her dwelling First went The wind, but meeting no response, Among the pine boughs finds it voice. |
110