Round Three
Left
氷とくはるたちくらしみよしののよしののたきのこゑまさるなり
| kōri toku haru tachikurashi miyoshino no yoshino no taki no koe masarunari | Ice melting Spring has come on scene, it seems; In fair Yoshino, Yoshino Falls’ Roar is fine, indeed! |
5
Right (Win)
はなの色はかすみにこめてみえずともかをだにぬすめ春の山風
| hana no iro wa kasumi ni komete miezu tomo ka o dani nusume haru no yamakaze | The blossoms’ hues Have blended with the haze, so I see them not, yet Their very scent is plundered by Spring’s breezes from the mountains. |
6
Spring
Round 1
Left
やま風にとくる氷のひまごとにうち出づる浪や春の初花
| yamakaze ni tokuru kōri no hima goto ni uchi’izuru nami ya haru no hatsuhana | With the mountain breeze The melting ice from Every crack Bursts out in waves, perhaps These are the first blooms of spring? |
Minamoto no Maszumi
1[1]
Right (Win)
春霞たつひの風のいとなれや滝のをとけて玉とみだるる
| harugasumi tatsu hi no kaze no ito nare ya taki no o tokete tama to midaruru | The haze of spring Arises with the breeze this day, so Will its streamers with The melting waterfall’s threaded Jewels become confused? |
2
[1] Kokin rokujo I: 5
Icicles
浪かくる岩まひまなくたるひして氷とぢたる山川の水
| nami kakuru iwama himanaku taruhishite kōri tojitaru yamakawa no mizu | Waves hang from Every single space between the rocks In icicles— Sealed in ice is The water of this mountain stream. |
Akisue
Composed gazing at the moon.
あまの原そらさへさえや渡るらん氷と見ゆる冬の夜の月
| ama no Fara sora saFe sae ya wataruran koFori to miyuru Fuyu no yo no tuki | The plain of Heaven, The sky, so coldly Does it seem to cross, Ice, it does appear, The moon upon a winter’s night. |
Egyō
Topic unknown.
思ひつつねなくにあくる冬の夜の袖の氷はとけずもあるかな
| omoFitutu nenaku ni akuru Fuyu no yo no sode no koFori wa tokezu mo aru kana | Filled with passionate thoughts, Sleepless until dawn, On a winter’s night The ice upon my sleeves Shows no sign of melting. |
Anonymous
Topic unknown.
池水や氷とくらむあしがもの夜ぶかくこゑのさわぐなるかな
| ikemizu ya kōri tokuramu ashigamo no yobukaku koe no sawagunaru kana | Above the pond waters The ice has melted, it seems, for The ducks Deep within the night are crying So noisily! |
Tachibana no Yukiyori
橘行頼
A poem from the Poetry Competition held in the reign of the Kanpyō Empress.
谷風にとくる氷のひまごとに打いづる波や春のはつ花
| tanikaze ni tokuru koFori no Fimagoto ni uti’iduru nami ya Faru no FatuFana |
In the valley’s breezes Does melt the ice, and From every crack Do burst waves – are these The first blooms of spring? |
Minamoto no Masazumi
源当純
竜田川紅葉葉とづる薄氷渡らばそれと中や絶えなむ
| tatsutagawa momijiba tozuru usukōri wataraba sore to naka ya taenamu |
The River Tatsuta: Scarlet leaves are sealed within Sheet ice; Should I cross would it Shatter in the centre? |
Ietaka
とぢ渡すこほりに雪のうはぎして寒けに見ゆる衣川かな
| todiwatasu koFori ni yuki no uFagisite samuke ni miyuru koromogaFa kana |
Sealed across The ice has snow In a coat upon it; You can see the chill At the River Robe! |
Fujiwara no Nakamasa
藤原仲正
衣川むすぶこほりのけぬが上につもる雪をやとぢかさぬらむ
| koromogaFa musubu koFori no kenu ga uFe ni tumoru yuki wo ya to todikasanuramu |
At the River Robe, Bound in ice that Never fades, upon it Piles the snows: is Not that why I am sealed in here? |
Shunzei