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けふひきてくもゐにうつすきくのはなあまつほしとやあすからはみん

kyō hikite kumoi ni utsusu kiku no hana ama tsu hoshi to ya asu kara wa min

Today do I draw up, Reflecting in the clouds, Chrysanthemum blooms— As stars within the heavens Might they seem tomorrow?

Kanesuke
8

あたらしきものにざりけるかみなづきしぐれふりにしいろにはあれども

atarashiki mono ni zarikeru kaminazuki shigure furinishi iro ni wa aredomo

A new Thing it is not: In the Godless Month Showers have fallen Bringing their hues, and yet…

Kanesuke
9

ひとくさにさけばかひなしももしきにうつりてのちはいろかふなきみ

hitokusa ni sakeba kainashi momoshiki ni utsurite nochi wa iro kau na kimi

For a single flower To bloom is pointless, but When to the hundredfold palace It is shifted, It’s hues do change, indeed, my lord!

Korehira
10

うつろふとみゆるものからきくのはなさけりしえだぞかはらざりける

utsurou to miyuru mono kara kiku no hana sakerishi eda zo kawarazarikeru

A faded Thing does it appear to be, This chrysanthemum flower; Branch where it did bloom Is unchanged, indeed!

Tsurayuki
11

きくのはなこきもうすきもいままでにしものおかずばいろをみましや

kiku no hana koki mo usuki mo ima made ni shimo no okazuba iro o mimashi ya

If upon the chrysanthemum flowers, Both deep and pale, Up to this day The frost had not fallen, then Would I wish to see their hues?

Mitsune
12

はつしぐれふりそめしよりきくのはなこかりしえだぞまたそはりける

hatsu shigure furisomemeshi yori kiku no hana kokarishi eda zo mata sowarikeru

Since the first showers Fell to dye The chrysanthemum blooms Deepened hues to the stems Have been added more!

Mitsune
13

もとよりのいろにはあれどきくのはなかたへはうつすところがらかも

moto yori no iro ni wa aredo kiku no hana katae wa utsusu tokorogara kamo

From before Had they their hues, yet The chrysanthemum blooms Shine in part— That is their special strength, perhaps!

Mitsune
14

On this day, His Majesty instructed the gentlemen in attendance in the Courtier’s Hall to prepare a chrysanthemum each, arranged them into two teams, and judged which were superior or inferior, but I don’t know which those were.

All of the participants entered at the Hour of the Monkey, bringing their assigned flowers. The first team entered via the Gate of Everlasting Blossom, and the second team entered via the Waterfall Door. They proceeded in order, bearing their flowers in vases into the garden. The first team placed their flowers on a display made of stone to resemble an island in a stream, and the second team planted their flowers in a wooden brazier. Two gentlemen from the Chamberlain’s Office, one for each team, presented the blooms to His Majesty.

Captain of the Outer Palace Guards, Left Division, Lord Fujiwara no Sadakata was ordered to present himself before His Majesty, and hear the wins and losses for the ten rounds. The first team won twice and those who had won performed a dance of thanks in the garden.

Four of the various chrysanthemums which had been selected and presented were planted afterwards on the western side of the small garden to the south of the Courtier’s Hall.

On the 9^th day of the Twelfth Month, the Gentlemen of the second team were ordered to present the losing blooms – it happens on occasion that chrysanthemums sometimes lose. These should have been presented in the archery ground, but were presented directly in error, because Captain of the Outer Palace Guards, Left Division Sadakata and Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Kiyotsura had been drinking wine and left the Attendants’ Office in the early evening.