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Daikōtaigōgū daijin kiyosuke-ason ke uta’awase 32

Round Thirty-Two

Left

いつとても身のうき事はかはらねど昔は老をなげきやはせじ

itsu tote mo
mi no uki koto wa
kawaranedo
mukashi wa oi o
nageki ya wa seji
Ever does
My suffering remain
Unchanged, yet
Long ago, my age
Surely, was not a source of grief.

Atsuyori
63

Right (Win)

かくばかりうき世の中もすてはてんと思ふになればかなしかりけり

kaku bakari
ukiyo no naka mo
sutehaten to
omou ni nareba
kanashikarikeri
Such a singular
Mundane world of suffering
To abandon completely
I have come to think, but
Still I am sad.

Kūnin
64

I feel that both are true, but the Right seems a little superior at present.

SIS XVIII: 1206

She had this written as a reply when Middle Counsellor Taira no Korenaka sent her a letter for the first time in a long while.

夢とのみ思ひなりにし世中を何いまさらにおどろかすらん

yume to nomi
omoinarinishi
yo no naka o
nani imasara ni
odorokasuran
Simply as a dream
Had I come to think
Of us, so
Why now of all times
Should I be so intrigued?

The Daughter of Takashina no Narinaka

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

SKKS XVIII: 1850

Topic unknown.

秋かぜになびくあさぢのすゑごとにおくしら露のあはれ世中

akikaze ni
nabiku asaji no
sue goto ni
oku shiratsuyu no
aware yo no naka
In the autumn breeze
The cogon grass trails back and forth;
On every single frond
Drop silver dewdrops—
So sad is this mundane world of ours.

Semimaru

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

SKKS XV: 1425

When the parents of a woman with whom he had been conversing secretly heard about it and forbade it.

かずならばかからましやは世中にいとかなしきはしづのをだまき

kazu naraba
kakaramashi ya
yo no naka ni
ito kanashiki wa
shizu no odamaki
If I were as other folk, then
I would not be treated so!
In this mundane world
A thread of sorrow winds on
The bobbin of my sorry lot!

Consultant [Ono no] Takamura

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.