Left (Win).
思ひいでよ誰がきぬぎぬの暁も我またしのぶ月ぞ見ゆ覧
| omoi’ide yo ta ga kinuginu no akatsuki mo ware mata shinobu tsuki zo miyuran |
Remember, While with a rustle of robes, you part from her At dawn! I still remember you, Gazing at the selfsame moon… |
133
Right.
久方の月ぞかはらで待たれける人には言ひし山の端の空
| hisakata no tsuki zo kawarade matarekeru hito ni wa iishi yama no ha no sora |
‘The eternal Moon, unchanging Is awaited,’ I said once to him, Sky clear above the mountains’ edge. |
134
Left (Tie).
あぢきなくつらきあらしの聲もうしなど夕暮に待ならひけん
| ajikinaku tsuraki arashi no koe mo ushi nado yûgure ni matsu naraiken |
Dreary, The heartless storm-wind’s Roar is cruel, indeed; Why, at eventide To wait, have I become accustomed? |
129
Right (Tie).
歸るさのものとや人のながむ覧待夜ながらの有明の月
| kaeru sa no mono to ya hito no nagamuran matsu yo nagara no ariake no tsuki |
On his way home Does he Gaze upon it, I wonder? While I wait the whole night through, ‘Til the moon meets daybreak… |
130
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).
神さびていはふ御室の年ふりて猶ゆふかくる松の白雪
| kamusabite iwau mimuro no toshi furite nao yū kakuru matsu no shirayuki |
Upon the hallowed, Celebrated shrine Year piles on year; Even now sacred cords hang, Like snow upon the pines. |
97
Right
ながめやる衣手さむく降雪にゆふやみしらぬ山の端の月
| nagameyaru koromode samuku furu yuki ni yūyami shiranu yama no ha no tsuki |
Gazing into space My sleeves grow chill With fallen snow; The dark of night is all unknown, The moon on the distant mountains’ edge. |
98
Left.
長月の月の有明の時雨ゆへ明日の紅葉の色もうらめし
| nagatsuki no tsuki no ariake no shigure yue asu no momiji no iro mo urameshi |
Late in autumn, when The moon lingers in the sky at dawn, From the drizzle, In the morning scarlet leaves’ Hue is deepened—how I envy them! |
75
Right (Win)
時わかぬ浪さへ色に泉河はゝそのもりにあらし吹らし
| toki wakanu nami sae iro ni izumigawa hahaso no mori ni arashi fukurashi |
The constant Current: even it has broken out in hues anew; By Izumi River Through the oak forest has The storm wind blown, no doubt! |
76
Left (Win).
時雨つゝ袖だにほさぬ秋の日にさこそ三室の山はそむらめ
| shiguretsutsu sode dani hosanu aki no hi ni sa koso mimuro no yama wa somurame |
Drizzling on and on, so My sleeves are never dry On this autumn day Surely, the mount of Mimuro Must be yet more deeply dyed. |
71
Right
久方の月の桂の下紅葉宿かる袖ぞ色にいでゆく
| hisakata no tsuki no katsura no shimo momiji yado karu sode zo iro ni ideyuku |
On the eternal Moon, beneath the silver trees Scarlet leaves Find brief lodging: my sleeves Are marked with similar hues. |
72
Left (Win).
山賤の身のためにうつ衣ゆへ秋の哀を手にまかすらむ
| yamagatsu no mi no tame ni utsu koromo yue aki no aware o te ni makasuramu |
The mountain folk Full, for my sake, These clothes, so Is it that all of autumn’s sadness is In their hands? |
63
Right
川風に夜わたる月のさむければ八十氏人も衣うつなり
| kawa kaze ni yo wataru tsuki no samukereba yaso ujibito mo koromo utsunari |
Carried on the river breeze The sky-traversing moon Is chill, so All the folk of Uji Full their clothes. |
64
Left.
高砂の尾上の鹿の聲たてし風よりかはる月の影かな
| takasago no onoe no shika no koe tateshi kaze yori kawaru tsuki no kage kana |
In Takasago The stags Have raised their call; The wind bringing brighter Moonlight. |
57
Right (Win).
露さえて寢ぬ夜の月やつもる覧あらぬ淺茅の今朝の色哉
| tsuyu saete nenu yo no tsuki ya tsumoruran aranu asaji no kesa no iro kana |
So clear the dewfall Did the moonlight this restless night Drift upon it? Lacking is the cogon grass Its hue this morning… |
58
Left (Win).
明ば又秋の半も過ぬべしかたぶく月のおしきのみかは
| akeba mata aki no nakaba mo suginubeshi katabuku tsuki no oshiki nomi ka wa |
With the dawn, once more Autumn’s midway point Has passed; Is it for the waning moon Alone, that I feel regret? |
55
Right
幾里か露けきのべに宿かりし光ともなふ望月の駒
| ikusato ka tsuyu keki nobe ni yado karishi hikari tomonau mochizuki no koma |
From so many estates, and In the dew-drenched fields Resting on their way, Speckled with the light Come the colts of Mochizuki |
56
Left (Tie).
ながめつゝおもひしことの數數にむなしき空の秋の夜の月
| nagametsutsu omoishi koto no kazukazu ni munashiki sora no aki no yo no tsuki |
While gazing skywards All my thoughts One after another Have vanished vacantly within the vault of heaven, Drawn by the moon this autumn night. |
53
Right
むかしだに猶故郷の秋の月しらず光の幾めぐりとも
| mukashi dani nao furusato no aki no tuki shirazu hikari no iku meguri tomo |
Long ago, ‘twas even so: And now, upon this old estate An autumn moon Shines once more, as I know not How many times before… |
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