Round Twelve
Left
我がやどものこる花なくうゑつれど野べのけしきは猶ぞ床しき
wa ga yado mo nokoru hana naku uetsuredo nobe no keshiki wa nao zo yukashiki At my dwelling
Lord Fujiwara no Kiyosuke, Senior Secretary of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office
Right
秋萩の枝もとををにおく露のはらはばあやな花やちりなん
akihagi no eda mo tōo ni oku tsuyu no harawaba aya na hana ya chirinan The autumn bush-clover
Lay Priest and Master of the Left Capital Office Norinaga
Doesn’t the Right seem to resemble the poem in the Ancient and Modern Collection which says
をりてみば落ちぞしぬべき秋萩の枝もとををにおけるしら露
oritemiba ōo ni Were I to pluck one,
Plum
Round Three
Left (Tie)
あしがきのおくゆかしくもみゆるかな誰がすむ宿の梅の立えぞ
ashigaki no oku yukashiku mo miyuru kana ta ga sumu yado no ume no tachie zo A fence of reeds and
Lord Kiyosuke
Right
ひばりあがる春の日ぐらし袖たれてかきねの梅の花みるわれは
hibari agaru haru no higurashi sode tarete kakine no ume no hana miru ware wa Skylarks soar
Kenshō
The Left is in cliched style, while the final line of the Right is interrupted—a tie, I think.
山ざくらいまはのころの花の枝にゆふべの雨の露ぞこぼるる
yamazakura ima wa no koro no hana no e ni yūbe no ame no tsuyu zo koboruru The mountain cherries’
Created with Soan.
Composed on the instructions of His Majesty, on the way back from Sumiyoshi, when he had accompanied him there in the Third Month, Enkyū 5 [April 1073].
おきつかぜふきにけらしな住吉の松のしづえをあらふしらなみ
okitsukaze fukinikerashi na sumiyoshi no matsu no shizue o arau shiranami The wind in the offing
Minister of Justice Tsunenobu
From among his summer poems.
枝にもる朝日のかげのすくなさにすずしさふかき竹のおくかな
eda ni moru Leaking through the branches
Former Major Counsellor Tamekane
Created with Adobe Firefly.
Composed on plum blossom.
梅がえにこほれる霜やとけぬらんほしあへぬ露の花にこぼるる
ume ga e ni kōreru shimo ya tokenuran hoshiaenu tsuyu no hana ni koboreru Upon the plum tree’s branches
Created with Soan .
Composed on birds.
春霞 流共尓 青柳之 枝喙持而 鴬鳴毛
春霞流るるなへに青柳の枝くひ持ちて鴬鳴くも
parugasumi The spring haze
Spring
Ten Poems on the Second Month
Left
あをやぎのえだにかかれるはるさめはいともてぬけるたまかとぞみる
aoyagi no eda ni kakareru harusame wa ito mo te nukeru tama ka to zo miru Upon the green willow
Ise
Right
あさみどりそめてみだれるあをやぎのいとをばはるのかぜやよるらむ
asamidori somete midareru aoyagi no ito oba haru no kaze ya yoruramu Pale green
Korenori
I’d say both of these are good—a tie.
In reply.
春雨にいかにぞ梅やにほふ覧わが見る枝は色もかはらず
Farusame ni n such spring rain
Ki no Haseyo
These are poems which His Majesty had everyone in attendance compose on the day.
わがやどをみなへし ひとのすぎゆかばあきのくさばはしぐれざらまし
wa ga yado o mina heshi hito no sugiyukaba aki no kusaba wa shigurezaramashi Should my house
Minamoto no Tsuruna
をしめどもえだにとまらぬもみぢばをみなへし おきてあきののちみむ
oshimedomo eda ni tomaranu momijiba o mina heshi okite aki no nochi mimu I regret it, yet
Muneyuki
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