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Teiji-in uta’awase 27

Left (Tie)

たれによりおもひくだくるこころぞはしらぬぞひとのつらさなりける

tare ni yori
omoi’kudakuru
kokoro zo wa
shiranu zo hito no
tsurasa narikeru
For who is it that
Love should distraught make
My heart?
That she realises not reveals
Her cruelty!

Mitsune
53

Right

はづかしのもりのはつかにみしものをなどしたくさのしげきこひなる

hazukashi no
mori no hatsuka ni
mishi mono o
nado shitakusa no
shigeki koi naru
Shyly in Hazukashi
Forest, briefly
Did I glimpse her, so
Why as undergrowth
So lush has my love grown?

Mitsune
54

Hon’in sadaijin-ke uta’awase 10

Evergreens

ちりかはる心なけれどみやまぎのときはは秋もしられざりけり

chirikawaru
kokoro nakeredo
miyamagi no
tokiwa wa aki mo
shirarezarikeri
A flighty
Heart, has it not, yet
Deep within the mountains, that the trees
Are evergreen, even the autumn
Seems not to know…

19

Gentian

した草の花をみつればむらさきに秋さへふかくなりにけるかな

shitagusa no
hana o mitsureba
murasaki ni
aki sae fukaku
narinikeru kana
When in the undergrowth
Flowers I do see, their
Violet in
Autum much deeper
Has become!

20

Kanpyō no ōntoki chūgū uta’awase 6

Round Six

Left

夏山のみねのこずゑのたかければなく郭公こゑかはるかな

natsuyama no
mine no kozue no
takakereba
naku hototogisu
koe kawaru kana
The summer mountain
Peaks have treetops
So high, that
The crying cuckoo’s
Calls stand for them.

11

Right (Win)

おほあらきのもりの下草茂りあひてふかくも夏のなりにけるかな

ōaraki no
mori no shitagusa
moriaite
fukaku mo natsu no
narinikeru kana
In Ōaraki
Forest the undergrowth
Has grown so thick, that
Deep summer is
Surely here!

Mitsune
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Tentoku 4 Dairi uta’awase 30-31

Left.

夏草のなかを露けみかき分けて刈る人なしにしげる野辺かな

natu kusa no
naka o tuyukemi
kakiwakete
karu Fito nasi ni
sigeru nobe kana
The summer grasses
Midst is dew-drenched;
Forging through,
With no one to reap them
This meadow is lush, indeed!

Tadami

Right.

夏ふかくなりぞしにけるおほあらきの杜の下草なべて人かる

natu Fukaku
nari zo sinikeru
oFoaraki no
mori no sitagusa
nabete Fito karu
Deep within the summer
It is now:
At Ōaraki
In the sacred groves, the undergrowth
Is arrayed for men to reap it!

Kanemori