On regretting the passage of autumn.
なが月の在明の月のつきずのみくる秋ごとにをしきけふかな
nagatsuki no ariake no tsuki no tsukizu nomi kuru aki goto ni oshiki kyō kana In the Longest Month
はかなくてくれぬとおもふをおのづから在明の月に秋ぞのこれる
hakanakute kurenu to omou o onozukara ariake no tsuki ni aki zo nokoreru How swiftly
夜をさむみね覚めてきけばなが月の有明の月に衣うつなり
yo o samumi nezamete kikeba nagatsuki no ariake no tsuki ni koromo utsu nari On a night so chill
いせのうみや浪にたけたる秋のよの有明の月に松風ぞふく
ise no umi ya nami ni taketaru aki no yo no ariake no tsuki ni matsukaze zo fuku At the sea at Ise
有明の月は入りぬる木の間よりやまほととぎすなきていづなり
ariake no tsuki wa irinuru ko no ma yori yamahototogisu nakite’izu nari At the dawn
行く春のかたみとおもふにあまつ空有明の月は影もたえにき
yuku haru no katami to omou ni ama tsu sora ariake no tsuki wa kage mo taeniki Of departing spring
Left (Tie)
山のはに有明の月の残らずは霞にあくる空をみましや
yama no ha ni ariake no tsuki no nokorazu wa kasumi ni akuru sora o mimashi ya Upon the mountains’ edge
Shō
Right
朝戸あけてながめなれたる明ぼのの霞ばかりに春を知るかな
asa to akete nagamenaretaru akebono no kasumi baraki ni haru o shiru kana With morn, opening my door, and [1]
Nagatsuna, Ranked without Office
The Left’s poem has ‘would I wish to see the skies brightening with haze’, which does not seem bad, but the initial line drop ‘dawn’ and the latter part ‘brightening with haze’ which is a bit dubious; the Right’s poem really has nothing special about it. The poems are comparable and tie.
[1] An allusive variation on GSS V: 249 .
Topic unknown.
ほのぼのとあり明の月のつきかげにもみぢ吹きおろす山おろしのかぜ
honobono to Faintly
Lord Minamoto no Sane’akira
Created with Soan .
Composed on the moon at dawn on the road to a barrier, while at the Shirakawa residence of the former Uji Grand Minister.
あり明の月もし水にやどりけりこよひはこえじあふさかの関
ariake no The dawntime
Lord Fujiwara no Norinaga
Created with Soan .
Composed on morning haze for the Poetry Contest at the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent.
春の夜のおぼろ月夜やこれならむかすみにくもるありあけのそら
haru no yo no Is a spring night’s
Tango, in service to Empress Gishūmon’in
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