Round Twenty-Eight
Left
わぎもこをかたまつよひの秋風はをぎのうはばをよきてふかなん
wagimoko o kata matsu yoi no akikaze wa ogi no uwaba o yokite fukanan For my darling girl
Shun’e
Right (Win)
朝夕におつる涙や恋草のしげみにすがる露と成るらん
asayū ni otsuru namida ya koigusa no shigemi ni sugaru tsuyu to naruran Morn and eve
Atsuyori
The Right poem’s use of diction and expression has nothing wrong with it and is entirely appropriate.
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
From the Poetry Match held by the Hosshōji Lay Priest and Former Chancellor.
かつみれど猶ぞ恋しきわぎもこがゆつのつまぐしいかがささまし
katsu miredo At last did I see her, yet
Mototoshi
Created with Soan .
The end of the Sixth Month.
わぎもこがあせにそほつるねよりがみなつのひるまはうとしとやおもふ
wagimoko ga My darling girl
Sone no Yoshitada
Created with Soan .
Composed at a place called Higurashino, when he was in attendance upon the former Teishi Emperor who had gone to view Miyataki.
ひぐらしのゆきすぎぬともかひもあらじひもとくいももまたじとおもへば
higurashino Sundown at Higurashino
Major Counsellor Noboru
Fulling cloth late at night (深夜擣衣)
Left
わぎもこがうつ唐衣さよふけてほのかにきこゆいづこなるらん
wagimoko ga utsu karakoromo sayo fukete honoka ni kikoyu izuko naruran My darling girl
Ki no Sukezane
Right
手もたゆく成りやゆくらんさ夜ふかみ衣しでうつ音ののどけさ
ta mo tayuku nari ya yukuran sayo fukami koromo shideutsu oto no nodokesa Is it that her hands so weary
Taira no Sadamoto
Topic unknown.
kaze ni chiru Scattered on the breeze
Fujiwara no Mototoshi
Expressing true feelings.
恋ひ死なば恋ひも死ねとか我妹子が我家の門を過ぎて行くらむ
kopisinaba
“If one can die of love, then
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
Left (Win).
sarade dani
That is not it, yet even so,
Lord Ari’ie .
Right.
ika nareba
For some reason
Jakuren .
The Right state: the Left’s poem is most admirable. The Left state: the Right’s poem is definitely not!
In judgement: to give the gist of the comments by the Gentlemen of the Left and the Right, the Left’s poem is admirable, and the Right’s poem is not admirable at all. I see no need to make much more of this round that that, so, the Left wins.
'Simply moving and elegant'
