Teiji-in uta’awase 31

The following poems were not matched for Left nor Right.[i]

Left

あはずしていけらんことのかたければいまはわがみをありとやはおもふ

awazushite
ikeran koto no
katakereba
ima wa wa ga mi o
ari to ya wa omou
Not meeting you, and
Living on is
Impossible, so
Now, will I
Be around much longer, do you think?

62[i]

Right

あふことのかたのかたみはなみだがはこひしとおもへばまづさきにたつ

au koto no
kata no katami wa
namidagawa
koishi to omoeba
mazu saki ni tatsu
Meeting her was
Hard, so my only keepsake is
A river of tears;
When I recall my love for her,
That is first to flow.

63


[i] What Ise means here is that these poems had been prepared for the event, but were not formally recited and judged during the contest as it had to be truncated due to lack of time.

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