Left (Tie).
忘れなむ松となつげそなかなかに因幡の山の峰の秋風
| wasurenamu matsu to na tsuge so nakanaka ni inaba no yama no mine no akikaze |
I would forget! And of my pining, tell no-one – That would be preferable, by far! Around Inaba Mountain’s Peak, gusting autumn wind. |
171
Right (Tie).
いづくにかこよひは宿をかり衣日もゆふぐれの峰の嵐に
| izuku ni ka koyoi wa yado o karikoromo hi mo yūgure no mine no arashi ni |
O, where This night shelter might I Find, my hunting-garb’s Belt tied day and night, Against the stormwind from the peaks… |
172
Left (Tie).
あぢきなくつらきあらしの聲もうしなど夕暮に待ならひけん
| ajikinaku tsuraki arashi no koe mo ushi nado yûgure ni matsu naraiken |
Dreary, The heartless storm-wind’s Roar is cruel, indeed; Why, at eventide To wait, have I become accustomed? |
129
Right (Tie).
歸るさのものとや人のながむ覧待夜ながらの有明の月
| kaeru sa no mono to ya hito no nagamuran matsu yo nagara no ariake no tsuki |
On his way home Does he Gaze upon it, I wonder? While I wait the whole night through, ‘Til the moon meets daybreak… |
130
Left (Win).
お泊瀬や峰のときは木吹しほり嵐にくもる雪の山本
| ohatsuse ya mine no tokiwagi fukishiori arashi ni kumoru yuki no yamamoto |
Upon Ohatsuse Peak, the evergreens Bow down before The storm wind: clouds of Snow around the mountain’s foot. |
99
Right
白妙にたなびく雲を吹きまぜて雪にあまぎる峰の松風
| shirotae ni tanabiku kumo o fukimazete yuki ni amagiru mine no matsukaze |
A cloth of white The streaming clouds Are blown together with The snow, shrouding the sky, As zephyrs brush the peak-bound pines. |
100
Left.
長月の月の有明の時雨ゆへ明日の紅葉の色もうらめし
| nagatsuki no tsuki no ariake no shigure yue asu no momiji no iro mo urameshi |
Late in autumn, when The moon lingers in the sky at dawn, From the drizzle, In the morning scarlet leaves’ Hue is deepened—how I envy them! |
75
Right (Win)
時わかぬ浪さへ色に泉河はゝそのもりにあらし吹らし
| toki wakanu nami sae iro ni izumigawa hahaso no mori ni arashi fukurashi |
The constant Current: even it has broken out in hues anew; By Izumi River Through the oak forest has The storm wind blown, no doubt! |
76
Left.
秋風にそよぐ田の面のいねがてにまつ明方の初雁の聲
| aki kaze ni soyogu ta no mo no ine ga te ni matsu akekata no hatsukari no koe |
The autumn wind Rustles o’er the fields Of rice; sleepless I await the dawn’s First goose-call. |
65
Right (Win)
生駒山あらしも秋の色に吹手染の糸のよるぞかなしき
| ikoma yama arashi mo aki no iro ni fuku tezome no ito no yoru zo kanashiki |
Upon Ikoma Mountain The storm wind with autumn’s longing Hues is gusting; Hand-dyed thread Twining in the night is sad, indeed. |
66
Left (Tie).
名取河春の日數は顯て花にぞしづむせゞの埋木
| natorigawa haru no hi kazu wa arawarete hana ni zo shizumu seze no mumoregi |
The river Natori: The days of spring have reached Their span, and Blossom swamps The drowned tree upon the shoals. |
23
Right
名もしるし峰のあらしも雪とふる山櫻戸のあけぼのゝ空
| na mo shirushi mine no arashi mo yuki to furu yamasakurado no akebono no sora |
It’s all in the name: Storm winds from the peak Scatter a snowstorm of blossom; My mountain cherry door Open upon a dawning sky. |
24
On autumn leaves in a hundred poem sequence of reminiscences.
嵐ふくみねのもみぢの日にそへてもろくなりゆくわが涙哉
| arashi fuku mine no momiji no hi ni soete moroku nariyuku wa ga namida kana |
As the storm winds rage On the peaks the leaves turn With the passing days How much easier it is to shed My tears. |
Master of the Dowager Empress Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成