Stars 星
あまつ空夕の星のよそにても恋しき人をみるよしもがな
| ama tsu sora yū no hoshi no yoso nite mo koishiki hito o miru yoshi mo gana | In the sky-spanning heavens The evening stars are So far away; If only my darling I could, somehow, see! |
Daishin
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Eikyū hyakushu 498
MYS XVII: 4003
A poem with two envoys, composed in respectful response to Tachiyama.
朝日さし そがひに見ゆる 神ながら 御名に帯ばせる 白雲の 千重を押し別け 天そそり 高き立山 冬夏と 別くこともなく 白栲に 雪は降り置きて 古ゆ あり来にければ こごしかも 岩の神さび たまきはる 幾代経にけむ 立ちて居て 見れども異し 峰高み 谷を深みと 落ちたぎつ 清き河内に 朝さらず 霧立ちわたり 夕されば 雲居たなびき 雲居なす 心もしのに 立つ霧の 思ひ過ぐさず 行く水の 音もさやけく 万代に 言ひ継ぎゆかむ 川し絶えずは
| asapi sasi sogapi ni miyuru kamu nagara mina ni obasesu sirakumo no tipe wo osiwake ama sosori takaki tatiyama puyu natu to waku koto mo naku sirotape ni yuki pa puri okite inisipe yu arikinikereba kogosikamo ipa no kamusabi tama kiparu ikuyo penikemu tatiwite miredomo ayasi minedakami tani wo pukami to otitagitu kiyoki ka puti ni asa sarazu kiri tati watari yupu sareba kumowi tanabiki kumowi nasu kokoro mo sino ni tatu kiri no omopi sugusazu yuku midu no woto mo sayakeku yoroduyo ni ipitugi yukamu kapa si taezu wa |
The morning sun shines At my back,and Divine Your great name links: Clouds of white In a thousand layers, you pierce, and Tower into the heavens, Tall Tachiyama! In winter and, in summer both Indistinguishably are you Clad in mulberry white Fallen drifts of snow; Since ancient days Ever has been your estate, Fastened round with Crags divine； ‘til all souls end Have countless ages passed! Standing here, I see you, yet am awed by Your lofty peak and Valley’s deep, where Plunge seething cataracts of Waters pure to pools where Morning never leaves – Mists rise and roll across, and When the evening comes Clouds trail in and Cover all, Even, with sadness, my heart, so The rising mists Never leave my thoughts, and of Your running waters’ Clear, pure sound Through ten thousand ages Will I ever tell Unending as a river’s flow… |
Ōtomo no Ikenushi
大伴池主
MYS III: 292
Love VI: 1
Left (Win).
なぐさめし月にもはてはねをぞ泣く戀やむなしき空に滿つらん
| nagusameshi tsuki ni mo hate wa ne o zo naku koi ya munashiki sora ni mitsuran |
Comforted was I once by The moon, but at the end My sobs For love, the vast spaces of The heavens do seem to fill… |
Kenshō
901
Right.
月よなをくまこそなけれかきくらす戀の涙は雨と降れども
| tsuki yo nao kuma koso nakare kakikurasu koi no namida wa ame to furedomo |
O, Moon! Before You there is not a cloud, yet Dimmed With tears for love The rain does fall… |
Lord Takanobu.
902
The Right state: we find no faults to mention in the Left’s poem. The Left state: in the Right’s poem ‘O, Moon! Before’ (tsuki ya nao) is somewhat grating on the ear. In addition, the final section is clichéd.
In judgement: in the Left’s poem, ‘The moon, but at the end’ (tsuki ni mo hate wa) is certainly elegant. The Right’s poem begin’s ‘O, Moon!’ (tsuki yo) but lacks anything connected to it at the end. Thus, the Left must win.
MYS V: 814
Envoy.
天地のともに久しく言ひ継げとこの奇し御魂敷かしけらしも
| ametuti no tomo ni pisasiku ipituge to kono kusi mitama sikasikarasi mo |
The Heavens and the Earth Both eternally Will tell it: These mysterious sacred stones Have been enshrinéd here! |
The above facts were related by Takebe no Ushimaro, a man from Ichisato no shima in the district of Naka.
MYS V: 801
SIS XII: 722
GSS VI: 314
Autumn I: 9
Left (Tie).
七夕は今日貸す琴は何ならで逢ふにのみこそ心ひくらめ
| tanabata wa kyō kasu koto wa nani narade au ni nomi koso kokoro hikurame |
For the Weaver Maid That this day the zithers play Means nothing; ‘Tis her meeting, alone, That plucks upon her heart. |
317
Right (Tie).
薫物の匂ひも貸しつ七夕に思ふ思を空に知れとて
| takimono no nioi mo kashitsu tanabata ni omou omoi o sora ni shire tote |
Incense Scent I proffer To the Weaver Maid; The burning thoughts within my heart, Let it carry to the heavens! |
318
The Right state that ‘the expression “alone” (nomi) in Left’s poem is grating,’ while the Left have no particular criticisms of the Right.
Shunzei simply remarks, ‘The Left has a zither plucking the heart; the Right, the scent of burning incense carrying thoughts. Equally good word association. A tie.’