Topic unknown.
をぎの葉にそそやあきかぜ吹きぬなりこぼれやしぬるつゆのしらたま
| ogi no Fa ni sosoya aki kaze Fukinu nari kobore ya sinuru tuyu no siratama | Across the fronds of silver grass Rustling the autumn wind Has blown; I wonder have they dripped down – Those dewdrop pearls? |
Ōe no Yoshitoki
大江嘉言
Dew
Left (Tie)
をぎのはにおけるしらつゆたまかとてそでにつつめどとまらざりけり
| ogi no ha ni okeru shiratsuyu tama ka to te sode ni tsutsumedo tomarazarikeri | On the blades of silver grass Drop silven dewdrops; Wondering if they’re jewels I wrapped them in my sleeves, yet Could not make them stay. |
His Majesty
7
Right
いかにしてたまにもぬかむゆふさればをぎのはわけにむすぶしら露
| ika ni shite tama ni mo nukamu yū sareba ogi no hawake ni musubu shiratsuyu | Somehow With gemstones they seem strung; When evening comes Each and every blade of silver grass Is bound with silven dewdrops. |
Nagayoshi
8
Dwarf Bamboo 小篠
あさタに露のしら玉みるものをいたくなかりそ岡のささはら
| asa yū ni tsuyu no shiratama miru mono o itaku na kari so oka no sasawara | Morning and evening both Upon white gemlet dewdrops Do I gaze – O, reap not The dwarf bamboo groves on the hillside! |
Akinaka
Composed when people passed through the chrysanthemums around his cell.
濡れて干す山路の菊の露のまにいつか千歳を我は経にけむ
| nurete Fosu yamazi no kiku no tuyu no ma ni ituka titose wo ware Fa Fenikemu | Drenched, then dry, Upon the moutain paths, with chrysanthemums In the gaps between the dewdrops – Sometimes a thousand years It seems I have passed by here… |
Sosei
17
This poems was included in Kokinshū (V: 273), where it has a somewhat different headnote.
谷深み水かけ草の下露や知られぬ恋の涙なるらむ
| tani ni Fukami midukakegusa no sitatuyu ya sirarenu koFi no namida naruramu |
Deep within the valley, Are the water-dripped loosestrife’s Silver dewdrops Secret love’s Tears? |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼
萌え出でてまた双葉なる恋草のいく穂となきにおける露かな
| moeidete mata futabanaru koigusa no iku ho to naki ni okeru tsuyu kana |
Budding out, and In the first, freshest growth Are the lovely grasses; How many ears will not be touched By falling dewdrops… |
Minamoto no Yorimasa
源頼政
宮城野のま萩が上の白露を玉にしきても宿る月かな
| miyagino no mahagi ga ue no shiratsuyu o tama ni shikitemo yadoru tsuki kana |
On Miyagi plain Upon the fair bush clover Silver dewdrops Are spread like gems Where the moon takes rest. |
Ietaka
Topic unknown.
小笹原葉末の露は玉に似て石なき山を行く心地する
| ozasawara hazue no tsuyu wa tama ni nite ishinaki yama o yuku kokochisuru |
In the groves of young broad-leaved bamboo Dewdrops on the leaf-tips Resemble jewels; Through mountains with no rocks I feel as if I travel! |
Saigyō
西行
Lightning 稲妻
秋の夜のいなばの露にはいなづまのひかりをやどす程は我が身か
| aki no yo no inaba no tsuyu ni inazuma no hikari o yadosu hodo wa wa ga mi ka | On an autumn night In the dewdrops on the rice fronds The lightning’s Light does lodge – Will I last as long? |
Nakazane
Left (Win).
さらでだに恨みんと思ふ我妹子が衣の裾に秋風ぞ吹く
| sarade dani uramin to omou wagimoko ga koromo no suso ni akikaze zo fuku |
That is not it, yet even so, I do think to hate My darling girl, Her robe hem Blown by the autumn wind… |
Lord Ari’ie.
935
Right.
いかなれば露をば払ふ風の音に物思ふ袖の濡れまさるらん
| ika nareba tsuyu o harau kaze no oto ni mono’omou sode no nuremasaruran |
For some reason Dewdrops blown by The wind – the mere sound Brings to my gloomy sleeves A dampness most extreme… |
Jakuren.
936
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.