Round Eleven
Left (T – Win; M – Tie)
逢ふことをその年月と契らねば命や恋の限なるらむ
au koto o sono toshitsuki to chigiraneba inochi ya koi no kagiri naruramu That we might meet
Lord Shigemoto
Right
よとともにもえこそわたれ我が恋は不二の高根のけぶりならねど
yo to tomo ni moe koso watare wa ga koi wa fuji no takane no keburi naranedo With the coming of the night
Lord Toshitaka
Toshiyori states: the first poem doesn’t seem bad. The second poem nothing but cliched. Thus, the first poem should win.
Mototoshi states: while love lasting lifelong without even a promise to meet over years and months is a painfully moving conception, someone burning every night is dear, too. Thus, it’s not inferior and these are of the same quality.
Wisteria Blooms
むらさきに色あかりゆくふぢのはなこずゑたかくもなりにけるかな
murasaki ni iro akariyuku fuji no hana kozue takaku mo narinikeru kana In violet’s
20
ふじのねのけぶりも空にたつものをなどかおもひの下にもゆらん
fuji no ne no keburi mo sora ni tatsu mono o nado ka omoi no shita ni moyuran Above the peak of Fuji
468
みわたせば雲ゐはるかに雪しろしふじの高ねの明ぼのの空
miwataseba kumoi haruka ni yuki shiroshi fuji no takane no akebono no sora When I gaze across,
366
春すぎていくかもあらねどわがやどの池の藤浪うつろひにけり
haru sugite ikuka mo aranedo wa ga yado no ike no fujinami utsuroinikeri Spring has passed
Topic unknown.
たごのうらにうち出でてみればしろたへのふじのたかねに雪はふりつつ
tago no ura ni From the bay at Tago
Akahito
Created with Soan .
For the Poetry Contest in One Hundred Rounds, held at the Residence of the Regent and Palace Minister.
ふじのねのけぶりもなほぞたちのぼるうへなき物はおもひなりけり
fuji no ne no keburi mo nao zo tachinoboru ue naki mono wa omoinarikeri From the peak of Fuji [i]
Lord Ietaka
Created with Soan . [i] An allusive variation on SIS XIV: 891 .
Left (Tie)
かけてのみみつつぞしのぶむらさきにいくしほそめしふぢのはなぞも
kakete nomi mitsutsu zo shinobu murasaki ni iku shiosomeshi fuji no hana zo mo Hanging there do I
Mitsune
Right
みなそこにしづめるはなのかげみればはるのふかくもなりにけるかな
minasoko ni shizumeru hana no kage mireba haru no fukaku mo narinikeru kana When in the water’s depths
Korenori
Left (Win)
むさしのにいろやかよへるふぢのはなわかむらさきにそめてみゆらむ
musashino ni iro ya kayoeru fuji no hana wakamurasaki ni somete miyuramu On Musashi Plain
29
Right
あかずしてすぎゆくはるをよぶこどりよびかへしつときてもつげなむ
akazushite sugiyuku haru o yobukodori yobikaeshitsu to kite mo tsugenamu Unsated by
Okikaze 30
The Day of the Rat (ne no hi 子日)
Left
ほのぼのとみねのひ のまづさしつればむすばぬはるのゆきぞとけける
honobono to mine no hi no mazu sashitsureba musubanu haru no yuki zo tokekeru Faintly,
Tsurayuki
Right (Win)
かたこひをするがのふじのやまよりもむねのひ のまづもえまさるかな
katakoi o suruga no fuji no yama yori mo mune no hi no mazu moemasaru kana In love and unrequited,
Tomonori
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'Simply moving and elegant'
