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ぬる夢にうつつのうさもわすられておもひなぐさむほどぞはかなき
| nuru yume ni utsutsu no usa mo wasurarete omoinagusamu hodo zo hakanaki | On appearing in a dream, then Reality’s cold cruelties I will forget, and Be comforted For a brief, empty moment. |
Princess Yoshiko, Junior Consort
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うつつにもゆめにもひとによるしあへばくれゆくばかりうれしきはなし
| utsutsu ni mo yume ni mo hito ni yoru shi aeba kureyuku bakari ureshiki wa nashi | In reality and In dreams both, ‘tis her I meet at night, so Until the twilight comes I have no joy, at all. |
Mitsune
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Right (Win)
たまもかるあまとはなしにきみこふるわがころもでのかわくときなき
| tamamo karu ama to wa nashi ni kimi kouru wa ga koromode no kawaku toki naki | Reaping gemweed, A seaman, I am not, but Loving you, my lady, My sleeves are Dry for not a moment. |
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うつつにはさらにもいはじさくらばなゆめにもちるとみえばうからむ
| utsutsu ni wa sara ni mo iwaji sakurabana yume ni mo chiru to mieba ukaramu | In the waking world There is nothing more I might say, O, cherry blossom! You scattering through my dreams— How I would hate to see it! |
Mitsune
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はなのいろをうつしとどめよかがみやまはるよりのちにかげやみゆると
| hana no iro o utsushi to tomeyo kagamiyama haru yori nochi ni kage ya miyuru to | The blossoms’ hues’ Reflection: hold it, Mirror Mountain! That after the springtime’s gone I might see their shades. |
Korenori
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[i] This poem is included in Shūishū (I: 73), attributed to Korenori, with the headnote, ‘From Former Emperor Uda’s Poetry Contest.’
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あひみてはむつましくこそなるときけつれなさのみもまさるきみかな
| aimite wa mutsumashiku koso naru to kike tsurenasa nomi mo masaru kimi kana | On meeting So kind would She become, I heard, but Simply in cruelty does That lady excel! |
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あかずしてわかれし人をゆめにみてうつつにさへもおつるなみだか
| akazushite wakareshi hito o yume ni mite utsutsu ni sae mo otsuru namida ka | Unsated Did I part from her to See her in my dreams, but Even in the waking world Will my tears fall? |
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さぞなげく戀をするがの字津の山うつゝの夢のまたしみえねば
| sazo nageku koi o suruga no utsu no yama utsutsu no yume no mata shi mieneba |
Grieving as he In love by Suruga’s Utsu Mountain, When reality is but a dream I never will see more. |
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Right (Tie).
はまゆふやかさなる山の幾重ともいさしら雲のそこの面影
| hamayū ya kasanaru yama no ikue tomo isa shirakumo no soko no omokage |
How many lily leaves of Overlapping mountain Folds I have crossed I know not, yet on the distant clouds’ Surface do I still see her face. |
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