Daigo ōntoki kiku awase 01

The Chrysanthemum Match held during the Reign of the Daigo Emperor[1]

Topic

Poets

秋すぎてのこれるきくはかみな月くもをわけてぞにほふべらなる

aki sugite
nokoreru kiku wa
kaminazuki
kumo o wakete zo
niouberanaru
Autumn passes, and
Lingering chrysanthemums
In the Godless Month
Seem to break apart the clouds
With their glow.

His Majesty’s Composition
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霜がれになりはてぬともきくの花をる人たれととはばこたへむ

shimogare ni
narehatenu tomo
kiku no hana
oru hito tare to
towaba kotaemu
Completely burned by frost
They may have become, yet
These chrysanthemum blooms, but
Who was it plucked you,
Should you ask, I wonder, would they reply?

Ōn-kazashi
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[1] Daigo ōntoki kiku awase 醍醐御時菊合

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