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Daikōtaigōgū daijin kiyosuke-ason ke uta’awase 28

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
I wait filled with longing, tonight
I would the autumn wind
The cogon grass fronds
Pass by in its blowing!

Shun’e
55

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
My falling tears to
Love’s grasses
Lush do cling and
Turn to dewdrops.

Atsuyori
56

The Right poem’s use of diction and expression has nothing wrong with it and is entirely appropriate.

Daikōtaigōgū daijin kiyosuke-ason ke uta’awase 20

Round Twenty

Scarlet Leaves

Left (Tie)

秋されば暁つゆにいもが袖まきぎの山ににほふもみぢば

aki sareba
akatsuki tsuyu ni
imo ga sode
makigi no yama ni
niou momijiba
When the autumn comes,
With the dawn, the dewdrops, as
Upon a sweet girl’s sleeves,
At Makigi Mountain
Bring a lustre to the scarlet leaves…

Masashige
39

Right

下染はおなじみどりにみし程も紅葉の色のうすくこきかな

shitazome wa
onaji midori ni
mishi hodo mo
momiji no iro no
usuku koki kana
First dyed
All with green,
When I gazed upon them, now
The scarlet leaves’ hues are
Pale and vibrant both!

Kūnin
40

The Left has a lofty tone, yet the Right is still smooth. Thus, I make this a tie.

SKKS XIV: 1323

On the conception of forgotten love.

袖の露もあらぬ色にぞ消えかへるうつればかはるなげきせしまに

sode no tsuyu mo
aranu iro ni zo
kiekaeru
utsureba kawaru
nagekiseshi ma ni
The dewdrops on my sleeves now
Lack any hue at all
Fading once more,
Revealing the change
To my lengthy sorrow…[1]

The Senior Retired Emperor

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

[1] An allusive variation on: KKS II: 113; and Genji monogatari 463.

SKKS XIV: 1314

From the Minase Poetry Match of Fifty Love Poems.

物おもはでただ大かたの露にだにぬるればぬるる秋のたもとを

mono’omowade
tada ōkata no
tsuyu ni dani
nurureba nururu
aki no tamoto o
Not from gloomy thought, but
Just by countless
Dewdrops
Dampened and then drenched are
My sleeves in autumn…[1]

Lord Ari’ie

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
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[1] An allusive variation on SZS IV: 267.

SKKS V: 486

Composed when he had been gazing at the unclouded moon until dawn, on the night of the 15th of the Ninth Month.

秋はつるさ夜ふけがたの月みれば袖ものこらず露ぞおきける

aki hatsuru
sayo fukegata no
tsuki mireba
sode mo nokorazu
tsuyu zo okikeru
At the start of autumn
As brief night begins to break
As I gaze upon the moon
Not a spot upon my sleeves I
Is left untouched by dewdrops.

Lord Michinobu

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

GSIS XII: 701

Composed when the Naka Chancellor [Fujiwara no Michitaka] returned from another woman’s residence with the dawn, but rather than coming in, remained outside and went back to his own house.

暁のつゆはまくらにおきけるを草葉のうへとなにおもひけん

akatuki no
tuyu Fa makura ni
okikeru wo
kusaba no uFe to
nani omoFiken
At the dawning
Dewdrops upon my pillow
Have fallen, but
Resting atop a blade of grass—
Is that what you think of me? [1]

The Kō Handmaid

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

[1] An allusive variation on Izumi shikibu-shū 304/Mandaishū XVIII: 3559.