Round Twenty-Two
Snow
Left (Win)
霜がれのまがきの中に雪ふれば菊より後の花もありけり
shimogare no magaki no naka ni yuki fureba kiku yori nochi no hana mo arikeri When, burned by frost,
Suketaka
Right
花さけば雪かとみせて雪ふれば花かとみするみよしのの山
hana sakeba yuki ka to misete yuki fureba hana ka to misuru miyoshino no yama When the blossom blooms
Kūnin
Both are elegant, but even so the Right should lose.
わぎもこがひもゆふぐれのきくなればあかずぞはなのいろはみえける
wagimoko ga hi mo yūgure no kiku nareba akazu zo hana no iro wa miekeru My darling girl
Korenori
きくのはなふゆののかぜにちりもせでけふまでとてやしもはおくらん
kiku no hana fuyu no kaze ni chiri mo sede kyō made tote ya shimo wa okuran Chrysanthemum blooms
Korenori
かげさへやこよひはにほふきくのはなあまてるつきにかのそはるらん
kage sae ya koyoi wa niou kiku no hana ama teru tsuki ni ka no sowaruran Even their shape
Korenori
Poems from a Chrysanthemum Match held by the Senior Courtier Gentlemen in the presence of His Majesty, 13th day of the Tenth Month, Engi 13.
chirihatete All scattered now,
shirakumo no A white cloud,
Suetada
Left (Tie)
わがやどのきくの花しももみぢねばすぎゆく秋もあらじとぞおもふ
wa ga yado no kiku no hana shimo momijineba sugiyuku aki mo araji to zo omou At my house
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Right
はかなくてすぐる秋とは知りながらをしむ心のなほあかぬかな
hakanakute suguru aki to wa shirinagara oshimu kokoro no nao akanu kana Brief, indeed, is
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きくの露わかゆばかりにそでふれて花のあるじに千代はゆづらむ
kiku no tsuyu Chrysanthemum dew a little
つゆながらをりてかざさむきくのはなおいせぬ秋のひさしかるべく[1]
tsuyu nagara orite kasasamu kiku no hana oisenu aki no hisashikarubeku Dew-dappled
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[1] This poem is included in Kokinshū (V: 270 ), where it is attributed to Ki no Tomonori.
万代を菊の種とや蒔きそめて花見る毎に祈り来にける
yoroduyo wo
“For ten thousand generations!”
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A chrysanthemum from the barrier at Meeting Hill.
kono Fana Fa
These flowers
10
A chrysanthemum from Tonase in Ōi. Blended with silver, dropped from a waterfall. Although it falls from a great height, it makes no sound.
taki tu se Fa
O, rushing waters of the cataract
4
A chrysanthemum from Murasakino.
na nisi oFeba
Bearing such a name
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