安都麻道乃 手児乃欲婢佐可 古要弖伊奈婆 安礼波古非牟奈 能知波安比奴登母
あづまぢの てごのよびさか こえていなば あれはこひむな のちはあひぬとも
adumadi no On eastland roads lies
あづまぢのさやの中山こえていなばいとど都やとほざかりなん
azumaji no saya no nakayama koete inaba itodo miyako ya tōzakarinan Upon eastland roads lies [i]
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[i] See: 安都麻道乃 手児乃欲婢佐可 古要弖伊奈婆 安礼波古非牟奈 能知波安比奴登母 azumaji no/ tego no yobisaka / koete inaba / are wa koinamu na / nochi wa ainuru tomo ‘On eastland roads lies / Tego-no-Yobisaka: / When I pass across it, / How filled am I with yearning, / Even should we meet once more…’ (Man’yōshū XIV: 3477
あづまぢの道のおくなるしら川のせきあへぬ袖をもる涙かな
azumaji no michi no okunaru shirakawa no seki aenu sode o moru namida kana On Eastern roads,
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あづまぢの道の冬草かれにけりよなよな霜やおきまさるらん
azumaji no michi no fuyukusa karenikeri yonayona shimo ya okimasaruran On Eastern paths
Sent to a lady’s house.
あづまぢのさのの舟ばしかけてのみおもひわたるをしる人のなさ
adumadi no On eastern roads
Lord Minamoto no Hitoshi
Created with Soan .
Composed on irises as part of a hundred poem sequence.
あづまぢのかほやがぬまのかきつばたはるをこめてもさきにけるかな
azumadi no On the Eastern Road, at
Master of the Palace Repairs Office Akisue
Round Seventeen
Left
東路のさやの中山なかなかに見えぬものからこひしかるらん
azumaji no saya no nakayama nakanaka ni mienu mono kara koishikaruran On eastern roads lies
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Right
This poem is missing from the surviving texts of the contest.
Groves 原
なにしおはばとらやふすらん東路にあるといふなるもろこしの原
na ni shi owaba If the name fits, then
Tadafusa
Left
ukareme no Player girls do
Lord Suetsune
Right (Win)
azumaji ya Along the Eastern Roads
The Supernumerary Master of the Empress’ Household Office
The Right state: the Left’s poem has no matters we can criticize. The Left state: the conception of Love in the Right’s poem is vague.
In judgement: The Left’s poem seem certainly to capture the conceptions of both Love and player-girls. ‘Even’ (sura shimo ) in the Right’s final section, sounds rather abrupt and portentous, but the initial section is certainly elegant. Thus, the Right should win.
Cicadas (蟬)
東路や今朝たちくればせみの声たかしの山にいまぞ鳴くなる
azumaji ya Upon the Eastern roads
Nakazane
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