ひきかへてはなみる春はよるはなく月見るあきはひるなからなん
| hikikaete hana miru haru wa yoru wa naku tsuki miru aki wa hiru nakaran | Opposites they are: In blossom-gazing spring I would there were no night, and In moon-gazing autumn That there were no day. |
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Chrysanthemums by a lattice fence.
秋ふかききくの垣根の月影に霜かと露ぞきえかへりける
| aki fukaki kiku no kakine no tsukikage ni shimo ka to tsuyu zo kiekarikeru | In the depths of autumn On the chrysanthemums by the brushwood fence In the moonlight, The dewdrops, almost as frost, Has vanished and returned again…[i] |
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[i] An allusive variation on:
A poem composed at the poetry match held by Her Majesty, the Empress during the reign of the Kampyō emperor.
わが宿の菊のかきねにをく霜のきえかへりてぞ戀しかりける
| wa ga yado no kiku no kakine ni oku shimo no kiekaerite zo koisikarikeru | At my house On chrysanthemums by the fence The frost settles only to Vanish and return again; Even so is my love. |
Ki no Tomonori
Kokinshū XII: 564
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Between the pines
大かたの秋もさびしき木の間より月もる松を風はらふらん
| ōkata no aki mo sabishiki ko no ma yori tsuki moru matsu o kaze harauran | In general Autumn is also lonely when From between the trunks Moonlight pours as the pines Seem swept by the breeze.[i] |
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[i] See. Topic unknown. このまよりもりくる月の影見れば心づくしの秋はきにけり ko no ma yori / morikuru tsuki no / kage mireba / kokorozukushi no . aki wa kinikeri ‘Between the trees / Drips moon / Light, seeing it I know / Heart draining / Autumn, has come at last.’ Anonymous (Kokinshū IV: 184)
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月みばとたのめし秋のよもすがらまた恨めしく打つ衣かな
| tsuki miba to tanomeshi aki no yomosugara mata urameshiku utsu koromo kana | ‘When we see the moon…’ We promised, but in autumn, All night long, Still, despairingly Am I fulling clothes![i] |
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[i] See: Topic unknown. 月見ばと契をきてしふるさとの人もやこよひ袖ぬらすらん tsuki miba to / chigiri okiteshi / furusato no / hito mo ya koyoi / sode nurasuran ‘“When we see the moon…” / We made our vow; / Left at home / Does she, too, on this night / Have soaking sleeves, I wonder?’ Dharma Master Saigyō (Shinkokinshū X: 938); and: 月見ばとたのめかおきし人はこであさぢが露にまつむしぞなく tsuki miba to / tanome’okishi / hito wa kode / asaji ga tsuyu ni / matsumushi zo naku ‘“When we see the moon…” / Did he promise, before, but / That man has failed to come, and / From the dewy cogon grass / The pine crickets cry!’ Lord Ietaka (Sengohyakuban uta’awase 1428)
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Autumn
むぐらはふやどとはわかず秋は来て心づくしの月ぞもりくる
| mugura hau yado to wa wakazu aki wa kite kokorozukushi no tsuki zo morikuru | From a mugwort tangled House I am no different: Autumn has come and, Heart draining, The moon comes dripping through.[i] |
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[i] An allusive variation on: Topic unknown. このまよりもりくる月の影見れば心づくしの秋はきにけり ko no ma yori / morikuru tsuki no / kage mireba / kokorozukushi no / aki wa kinikeri ‘Between the trees / Drips moon / Light, seeing it I know / Heart draining / Autumn, has come at last.’ Anonymous (Kokinshū IV: 184)
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Left (Tie)
あきの夜は雲もこころやありあけのかたぶくまでもすめる月かな
| aki no yo wa kumo mo kokoro ya ariake no katabuku made mo sumeru tsuki kana | On an autumn night Do the clouds, too, have feelings? Until at dawn Sets The moon, so clear? |
Lord Takanobu
1427
Right
月見ばとたのめかおきし人はこであさぢが露にまつむしぞなく
| tsuki miba to tanome’okishi hito wa kode asaji ga tsuyu ni matsumushi zo naku | ‘When we see the moon…’ Did he promise, before, but That man has failed to come, and From the dewy cogon grass The pine crickets cry! |
Lord Ietaka
1428
Judgement:
日かずへぬとやまのつゆにしをるそできつつなれこしから衣かは
| hikazu henu toyama no tsuyu ni shioru sode kitsutsunarekoshi karakoromo ka wa | Days have passed, and The familiar mountains’ dew Weighs down my sleeves, So used am I to wearing A Cathay robe, no doubt! |
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Silver Grass
Left
おほかたののべよりまさる花すすき秋はてぬともうつらざらなん
| ōkata no nobe yori masaru hanasusuki aki hatenu to mo utsurazaranan | All o’er The plains so fine is The blossoming silver grass— Even when autumn’s done ‘Twill not fade away. |
Yoshimochi
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Right (Win)
おもふことこめてはくるし花すすきほにいでていはんそよとこたへよ
| omou koto komete wa kurushi hanasusuki ho ni idete iwan soyo to kotaeyo | All my thoughts Are filled with pain— O, blossoming silver grass, Burst into bud, and say, Rustling, ‘That’s how it is!’ in reply… |
Yugei
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