水の泡や種となるらむ浮草のまく人なみの上に生ふれば
mizu no awa ya tane to naruramu ukikusa no maku hitonami no ue ni oureba Might the foam upon the waters
1[i]
山里は冬ぞさびしさまさりける人めも草もかれぬとおもへば
yamazato wa fuyu zo sabishisa masarikeru hitome mo kusa mo karenu to omoeba In a mountain retreat
2[ii]
今日人をこふる心はあすか川流るる水に劣らざりけり
kyō hito o kouru kokoro wa asukagawa nagaruru mizu ni otorazarikeri Today, for her
3[iii]
[i] This poem is included in Shūishū (IX: 524) as an anonymous poem with the headnote ‘Produced but not matched in a poetry contest.’
[ii] This poem is included in Muneyuki-shū (15) with the headnote ‘For a poetry match’.
[iii] This poem is included in Muneyuki-shū (16) with the headnote ‘For a poetry match’.
草ふかみさしもあれたる宿なるを露をかたみに尋ねこしかな
kusa fukami sashimo aretaru yado naru o tsuyu no katami ni tazunekoshi kana Deep the grasses, and
Round Eight
Left
風さむみゆふかげ草にかくろへてはたおる虫の声聞ゆなり
kaze samumi yūkage kusa ni kakuroete hataorumushi no koe kikoyu nari Chill the wind
Chikafusa
Right
誰がためとあやめも見えぬ夕ざれにはたおる虫の声聞ゆらん
ta ga tame to ayame mo mienu yūzare ni hataorumushi no koe kikoyuran For whose sake
Lady Hȳoe
At present, ‘Amidst the gloam / Of eventide’ appears to have a bit more conception than ‘the evening grasses, from / Whence, concealed, / The crickets’.
Round Thirty-Seven
Left (Tie)
むば玉のよやふけぬらんさをしかの声すみのぼるをのの草ぶし
mubatama no yo ya fukenuran saoshika no koe suminoboru ono no kusabushi Might lily-seed dark
Takasuke
Right
秋のよはつまどふ鹿の深山出でていまだ旅なるをのの草ぶし
aki no yo wa tsumadou shika no miyama idete imada tabi naru ono no kusabushi On an autumn night,
Shimotsuke
Left and Right’s ‘lies among the meadow grasses’ have no merits or faults between them. A pleasant tie.
Sent in a letter when one of the lads who was an acolyte of his departed for a distant province, accompanying his father.
わかれぢの草葉をわけむ旅ごろもたつよりかねてぬるるそでかな
wakaredi no Along the path that parts us,
Dharma Master Yūzen
物おもはぬ野べの草木の葉にだにも秋の夕べは露ぞおきける
mono’omowanu nobe no kusaki no ha ni dani mo aki no yūbe wa tsuyu zo okikeru How startling—
424
秋のののはなの千種に物ぞおもふつゆよりしげき色は見えねど
aki no no no hana no chigusa ni mono zo omou tsuyu yori shigeki iro wa mienedo Across the autumn plains
423
草のかう色変わりぬる白露は心おきても思ふべきかな
kusa no kō iro kawarinuru shiratsuyu wa kokoro okitemo omoubeki kana The grasses have such
1[i]
風寒み鳴くなる雁の声によりうたむ衣をまづやからまし
kaze samumi nakunaru kari no koe ni yori utamu koromo o mazu ya karamashi Chill will turn the wind as
2[ii]
[i] This poem is included in Kokin rokujō (VI: 3768), attributed to Ise, with the headnote ‘The scent of grasses’. It is also included in Ise-shū (88), with the headnote ‘The scent of grasses, in the Minister of Ceremonial’s Garden Match’.
[ii] This poem is included in Ise-shū (89), with the headnote ‘Gentian’ (rindō 竜胆).
おくやまの草ふみならすさをしかもふかき心のほどはしらなん
okuyama no kusa fuminarasu saoshika mo fukaki kokoro no hodo wa shiranan In the mountains’ heart
419
をしかふす夏のの草の露よりもしらじなしげき思ひありとは
oshika fusu natsuno no kusa no tsuyu yori mo shiraji na shigeki omoi ari to wa A stag lies
410
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