Round Twenty-Two
Snow
Left (Win)
霜がれのまがきの中に雪ふれば菊より後の花もありけり
shimogare no magaki no naka ni yuki fureba kiku yori nochi no hana mo arikeri When, burned by frost,
Suketaka
Right
花さけば雪かとみせて雪ふれば花かとみするみよしのの山
hana sakeba yuki ka to misete yuki fureba hana ka to misuru miyoshino no yama When the blossom blooms
Kūnin
Both are elegant, but even so the Right should lose.
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
Pinks
ゆかしくば行きてもみませゆきしまの岩ほにおふる撫子の花
yukashikuba yukitemo mimase yukishima no iwao ni ouru nadeshiko no hana If you find them charming, then [i]
[i] An allusive variation on: A poem by Kamō, the dancing girl. 雪嶋 巌尓殖有 奈泥之故波 千世尓開奴可 君之挿頭尓 yuki no shima / iwao ni uetaru / nadeshiko wa / chiyo ni sakanu ka / kimi ga Kazashi ni ‘Snow lies heavy on the garden’s / Rocks where grow / The pinks: / o. won’t you bloom a thousand years? / That my Lord may wear you in his hair…’ (MYS XIX: 4232 ).
郭公きけどもあかずたちばなの花ちる里の五月雨のころ
hototogisu kikedomo akazu tachibana no hana chiru sato no samidare no koro The cuckoo
Summer
Composed on changing clothes.
をしみこしはなのたもともぬぎかへつ人の心ぞ夏には有りける
oshimikoshi hana no tamoto mo nugikaetsu hito no kokoro zo natsu ni wa arikeru Regretfully,
をしむともこよひ明けなば明日よりは花のたもとをぬぎやかへてん
oshimu tomo koyoi akenaba asu yori wa hana no tamoto o nugi ya kaeten I may regret it, yet
ながめこし花もむなしく散りはててはかなく春のくれにけるかな
nagamekoshi hana mo munashiku chirihatete hakanaku haru no kurenikeru kana Long did I gaze upon
あきすぎてはなざかりなるきくのはないろにたぐひてあきやかへれる
aki sugite hanazakari naru kiku no hana iro ni taguite aki ya kaereru Autumn is past and
Korenori
なみとのみうちこそみゆれすみのえのきしにのこれるしらぎくのはな
nami to nomi uchi koso miyure suminoe no kishi ni nokoreru shiragiku no hana Simply as waves
Korenori
Poems from a Chrysanthemum Match held by the Senior Courtier Gentlemen in the presence of His Majesty, 13th day of the Tenth Month, Engi 13.
chirihatete All scattered now,
shirakumo no A white cloud,
Suetada
Round Ten
Left (Win)
よひのまぞ人をばまちしほととぎすあくるまでこそねられざりけれ
yoi no ma zo hito oba machishi hototogisu akuru made koso nerarezarikere All night long
Shun’e
Right
花はすぎ紅葉はまだき夏山にをりえてもなく時鳥かな
hana wa sugi momiji wa madaki natsuyama ni oriete mo naku hototogisu kana The blossoms are past, and
Kenshō
The Left’s poem certainly commands one’s interest.
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