Original
ひとりぬるよをながづきのはなすすきそよともあきのかぜぞこたふる
hitori nuru yo o nagazuki no hanasusuki soyo to mo aki no kaze zo kotauru Sleeping alone,
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Left
こたふともたのまざらなむはなすすきふくあきかぜのさだめなければ
kotau tomo tanomazaranamu hanasusuki fuku akikaze no sadame nakereba It may reply, but
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Right
そよとだにしりてこたふるかぜしあらばなにかながきよおもひわぶらん
soyo to dani shirite kotauru kaze shi araba nanika nagaki yo omoiwaburan If, ‘So it is,’
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Original
ゆくあきをまねくをばなのたもとにはつゆもおきあへずのどけからねば
yuku aki o maneku obana no tamoto ni wa tsuyu mo oki’aezu nodokekaraneba Departing autumn
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Left
まねくにしあきのとまらぬものならばをばなのそでやせばくなりなん
maneku ni shi aki no tomaranu mono naraba obana no sode ya sebaku narinan They may beckon, but
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Right
まねけどもとまらぬあきをはなすすきほにいでてしかをなきてしたはむ
manekedomo tomaranu aki o hanasusuki ho ni idete shika o nakite shitawamu They beckon, yet
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Round Fourteen
Left
つれもなき人にみせばや花薄うらなく風に靡くけしきを
tsure mo naki hito ni miseba ya hanasusuki uranaku kaze ni nabiku keshiki o To that cruel
Lord Masakane, Controller and Head Chamberlain
Right
くる人も絶えぬる宿の糸すすきほに出て誰を招くなるらん
kuru hito mo taenuru yado no itosusuki ho ni idete tare o maneku naruran His visits have
Tadasue
The Left’s poem, up to ‘would I show’ is poetic, but I do not feel that the expression ‘In the artless wind / Inclining’ is elegant. For the topic of love, it seems to me that both the beginning and the end of the poem is a slight case of ‘As a bamboo stalk / Has joints, from years gone by old-fashioned phrases’ lingering! The Right’s ‘Ceased to this house, so / The slender silver grass’ lacks anything remarkable about it, and seems excessively overgrown, so it’s impossible to decide on anyone as the winner or loser here.
Silver Grass and the Same
Round Thirteen
Left
ほに出てもなどかひもなき花薄思ひこめてぞ有るべかりける
ho ni idetemo nadoka kai mo naki hanasusuki omoikomete zo arubekarikeru My feelings burst from bud, but
Major Archbishop
Right
うしとのみ人の心はいはれ野にまねくすすきを何か頼まん
ushi to nomi hito no kokoro wa iwareno ni maneku susuki o nanika tanoman Simply cruel is
Head
Left and Right appear to be of about the same standard.
Love and Silver-grass.
まつ人はこぬものゆゑに花すすきほに出でてねたき恋もするかな
matsu hito wa konu mono yue ni hanasusuki ho ni idete netaki koi mo suru kana The man I am awaiting
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Love on being unable to meet after meeting.
ima sara ni nani o ka shinobu hanasusuki ho ni ideshi aki mo tare naranaku ni Now ‘tis come to such a pass
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Left – Silver grass
花すすきはやくほにいでてうちなびきちとせのあきをまねけとぞ思ふ
hanasusuki hayaku ho ni idete uchinabiki chitose no aki o maneke to zo omou The silver-grass
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Right
(Missing)
Silver grass
Left (Tie)
はなすすきほにいづるをのはしらくものあさゐるとのみあやまたれけり
hanasusuki ho ni izuru ono wa shirakumo no asa iru to nomi ayamatarekeri Silver grass
Ariwara no Suetaka
Right
はなすすきほのくれがたのつゆけきはうきよのなかをそよとしればか
hanasusuki ho no kuregata no tsuyukeki wa ukiyo no naka o soyo to shireba ka The silver grass
Fujiwara no Aritoki
Frost on the plain
花すすきかれたる野べにおく霜のむすぼほれつつ冬はきにけり
hanasusuki karetaru nobe ni oku shimo no musubōretsutsu fuyu wa kinikeri The fronds of silver grass
On the conception of autumn turning cold early, when frost falls in the Ninth Month.
虫のねもほのかに成りぬ花すすき秋のすゑばに霜や置くらん
mushi no ne mo honoka ni narinu hanasususki aki no sueba ni shimo ya okuran The insects’ cries, too,
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