Left.
hitori nomi
All alone, and
Lord Ari’ie .
Right (Win).
fukaki yo no
Late within the night,
Jakuren .
The Right state: we cannot grasp the sense of the Left’s use of ‘until’ (made ). The Left state: the Right’s poem is certainly not easy to understand on hearing.
In judgement: is not the use of ‘until’ (made ) simply because it is appropriate to conclude a poem with that syllable? I can see nothing problematic with the use of ‘beating against my window’ (mado uchisusamu ) in the Right’s poem. Thus, I make the Right the winner.
Left (Tie).
kakikurashi
All is darkened by
Lord Kanemune .
Right.
hitorine no
Sleeping solo
Lord Takanobu .
The Right state: while the Left’s poem does have a desirable sentiment, its expression is outrageous. The Left state: why, indeed, should there be a sound in the poet’s bed?
In judgement: the Left’s desirable sentiment is perfectly commonplace in poetry. The Right, with ‘dawntime rain’ (akatsuki no ame ), is elegant. The poems are comparable and tie.
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津の国のなには思はず山城の鳥羽に逢ひ見むことをのみこそ
tu no kuni no
In the land of Tsu,
Anonymous
五月雨に畔の細道水深み田中の里は人ぞ通はぬ
samidare ni
In the drizzle
咲きにけり苗代水に影見えて田中の里の山吹の花
sakinikeri
So, they have bloomed;
Taikenmon’in Horikawa
夜もすがら山田の庵は稲妻の光をのみや－灯火にする
yomosugara
All throughout the night
さと遠み山田のいほはいなづまのひかりのもるをともとみるかな
sato tōmi Far from home
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
かづらぎや木かげにひかるいなづまを山ぶしのうつ火かとこそみれ
kazuragi ya In Kazuragi
Kanemasa
世の中のはかなきほどにくらぶればなほいなづまも久かりけり
yo no naka no This mundane world’s
Tadafusa
目もかれずまもる山田のいなづまのひかりにふれてただならずみゆ
me mo karezu Still fresh to my eyes,
Toshiyori
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