折る菊の露に濡れぬる今日よりや千年の秋に逢はむとすらむ
| oru kiku no tsuyu ni nurenuru kyō yori ya chitose no aki ni awamu to suramu |
Picked chrysanthemums’ Dew dampens us Today – will we For a thousand years of autumns Decide to meet together? |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
祈りつつなほ九月の菊の花いづれの秋か植て見ざらむ
| inoritutu naFo nagatuki no kiku no Fana idure no aki ka uwete mizaramu |
As we pray, The Ninth Month’s Chrysanthemum blooms: Will there ever be an autumn When they go unplanted? |
Ki no Tsurayuki
紀貫之
Topic unknown.
秋といへば石田の大野の柞原時雨も待たず紅葉しにけり
| aki to iFeba iFata no wono no FaFasoFara sigure mo matazu momidisinikeri |
At the mention of autumn At Iwata meadows The oaks Without waiting for the showers Have taken on yellow hues. |
Kakujō
覚盛
泉川のどけき淵の陰見れば今年の秋ぞすみはじめける
| idumigaFa nodokeki Futi no kage mireba kotosi no aki zo sumiFazimekeru |
Izumi River’s Peaceful pools In shadow do I see; This year’s autumn is, indeed, Drawing to an end. |
Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu
山城の岩田の杜の柞原いはねど秋は色づきにけり
| yamasiro no iFata no mori no FaFasoFara iFanedo aki Fa irodukinikeri |
In Yamashiro At the sacred grove of Iwata The oak trees Say nothing, yet autumn Hues have taken on. |
Ki no Rōme
きのらう女
山里の葎の垣に這ふ蔦の色にて秋の深きをぞ知る
| yamazato no mugura no kaki ni hau tsuta no iro nite aki no fukaki wo zo shiru |
Upon this moutain hut’s Weed-tangled fence Trails ivy: Its hue autumn’s Depth does reveal! |
Higo
京極関白家肥後
秋の月宿りし水となりぬればいづれもおなじ広沢の池
| aki no tuki yadorisi midu to narinureba idure mo onazi FirosaFa no ike |
When autumn moon With the waters found lodging And as one did become, then Ever unchanging is The pond at Hirosawa. |
Left (Tie).
早苗より穂にいづるまで守る田をかりにのみこそ人は見えけれ
| sanaFe yori Fo ni iduru made mamoru ta wo kari ni nomi koso Fito Fa miekere |
From seedlings Until ripened ears appear, Warding the paddies, Only briefly, then, Can folk be seen! |
Anonymous
13
Right.
秋の田に並みよる稲は山川に水ひきうゑし早苗なりけり
| aki no ta ni nami yoru ine Fa yamagaFa ni midu Fiki’uwesi sanaFe narikeri |
In the autumn fields Waves run through the ripening rice; From a mountain stream Drawn up, the waters Seedlings have become… |
Yori’ie
頼家
14
いづ方へ思ひやらまし秋の夜の空にもあまる月の光を
| izukata e omoiyaramashi aki no yo no sora ni mo amaru tsuki no hikari o |
In which direction Should head my longing? On an autumn night The skies are full of The moon’s light… |
Left (Win).
さはらずは今宵ぞ君を頼むべき袖には雨の時わかねども
| sawarazu wa koyoi zo kimi o tanomubeki sode ni wa ame no toki wakanedomo |
If you were unhindered On this night, then, my love, In you I could trust; But on my sleeves the rain Falls without surcease… |
Lord Sada’ie.
945
Right.
來ぬ人を待つ夜更け行秋の雨は袖にのみ降る心地こそすれ
| konu hito o matsu yo fukeyuku aki no ame wa sode ni nomi furu kokochi koso sure |
When a man who fails to come Is awaited and the night grows late, The autumn rain Falls on my sleeves, alone – That is what I feel! |
Ietaka.
946
The Right state: the phrase ‘if you were unhindered’ (sawarazu wa) sounds poor. The Left state: the Right have simply composed a poem just like Lord Yorimasa’s君戀ふとながめあかせる夜の雨は袖にしも降る心地こそすれ kimi kou to / nagame akaseru / yoru no ame wa / sode ni shimo furu / kokochi koso sure ‘That you love me / I have heard enough / This night when the rain / Upon my sleeves especially does fall – / That is what I feel!’.
In judgement: the Left are said to have a poor-sounding phrase, and the Right to have referred to Yorimasa’s poem. That it is difficult to entirely avoid to referring poems outside of the anthologies is something which people still seem to be unable to remember, but the Gentlemen of the Left have recalled this well. The final section of the Right’s poem does bear an uncanny resemblance to Yorimasa’s poem. If there should be a prior example of a phrase’s use, then while it maybe poor-sounding, the Left should win.