The beginning of spring by the sea.
しほがまの浦の松風かすむなりやそしまかけて春や立つらん
| shiogama no ura no matsukaze kasumu nari yasoshima kakete haru ya tatsuran | At Shiogama Shore the wind through the pines Carries haze over Countless islets— Has spring arrived, I wonder? |
8
Left (Tie)
ひとのうへとおもひしものをわがこひになしてやきみがただにやみぬる
| hito no ue to omoishi mono o wa ga koi ni nashite ya kimi ga tada ni ya minuru | Upon me The coals of passion have lain, yet After my love has been So clear, why, my lady Do you seem so calm? |
Mitsune
55
Right
あしまよふなにはのうらにひくふねのつなでながくもこひわたるかな
| ashi mayou naniwa no ura ni hiku fune no tsunade nagaku mo koi wataru kana | Lost among the reeds Of Naniwa Bay, Pulling a boat with Tug-ropes stretching long As my love endures! |
56
Plum Blossom
Left (Win)
そきとほくさらにはいでてかづきてむめのはなびきてうちよせよなみ
| soki tōku sara ni wa idete kazukitemu me no ha nabikite uchiyoseyo nami | In the utmost distance, Already you emerge— As I dive beneath the surface where The seaweed fronds drift back and forth, Draw closer, o, waves! |
Tsurayuki
5
Right
かぜふかばいざうらごとにいでてみむめのはなびきてなみによるやと
| kaze fukaba iza uragoto ni idete mimu me no ha nabikite nami ni yoru ya to | If the wind does blow, I wonder, to every shore Should I go out to see The seaweed fronds drifting back and forth As the waves draw near? |
Sadafun
6
Left
つれなきを今は恋ひじとおもへども心よわくもおつるなみだか
| tsurenaki o ima wa koiji to omoedomo kokoro yowaku mo ochitsuru namida ka | Heartless, She has ceased to love me I know, yet Is it from my feeble heart, that These tears fall? |
Sugano no Tadaomu
182[1]
Right
侘びわたる我が身のうらとなれればや恋しき事のしき波にたつ
| wabiwataru wa ga mi no ura to narereba ya koishiki koto no shikinami ni tatsu | Ever suffering, Have I, a beach Become? For My feelings of love Arise as endless waves… |
183
[1] Kokinshū XV: 809/Shinsen man’yōshū 225