Left (Tie)

あふことのきみにたえにしわがみよりいくらのなみだながれいでぬらむ

au koto no kimi ni taenishi wa ga mi yori ikura no namida nagare’idenuramu

My meetings with You, my lord, have ceased, and From my flesh What a torrent of tears Flow out!

Ise

59

Right

きみこひのあまりにしかばしのぶれどひとのしるらんことのわびしさ

kimi koi no amari nishikaba shinoburedo hito no shiruran koto no wabishiki

Loving you Beyond all measure, I kept it secret, yet That folk seem to know Is a cause of heartache.

Tsurayuki
60

On hearing His Highness, the Prince of the Right remark in irritation that the Left’s poem had appealed to His Majesty’s heart, His Majesty composed

ゆきかへりちどりなくなるはまゆふのこころへだてておもふものかは

yukikaeri chidori naku naru hamayū no kokoro hedatete omou mono ka wa

Going back and forth Plovers cry from The beach among the spider lilies Do their hearts distinguish Do you think?

His Majesty
61