Round Twenty
Scarlet Leaves
Left (Tie)
秋されば暁つゆにいもが袖まきぎの山ににほふもみぢば
aki sareba
akatsuki tsuyu ni
imo ga sode
makigi no yama ni
niou momijiba | When the autumn comes,
With the dawn, the dewdrops, as
Upon a sweet girl’s sleeves,
At Makigi Mountain
Bring a lustre to the scarlet leaves… |
Masashige
39
Right
下染はおなじみどりにみし程も紅葉の色のうすくこきかな
shitazome wa
onaji midori ni
mishi hodo mo
momiji no iro no
usuku koki kana | First dyed
All with green,
When I gazed upon them, now
The scarlet leaves’ hues are
Pale and vibrant both! |
Kūnin
40
The Left has a lofty tone, yet the Right is still smooth. Thus, I make this a tie.
A poem by Ōtomo no sukune Yakamochi when he arrived at a maiden’s gate.
妹家之 門田乎見跡 打出来之 情毛知久 照月夜鴨
いもがいへの かどたをみむと うちいでこし こころもしるく てるつくよかも
imo ga ipe no
kadota wo mimu to
uti’idekosi
kokoro mo siruku
teru tukuyo kamo | My darling’s house has
Rice fields before its door—to see them
Have I come,
My heart brightened on
A shining moonlit night! |
Created with Soan.
A poem presented by Prince Ōtsu to the Elder Maiden of Ishikawa.
足日木乃 山之四付二 妹待跡 吾立所沾 山之四附二
あしひきの山のしづくに妹待つとわれ立ち濡れぬ山のしづくに
asipiki no
yama no siduku ni
imo matu to
ware tatinurenu
yama no siduku ni | On the leg-wearying
Mountain, among the droplets
I await my darling, so
Standing there, I’ll be drenched
By the mountain droplets! |
Created with Soan.
Left (Tie)
ふりはへてはなみにくればくらぶやまいとどかすみのたちかくすらむ
furihaete
hana mi ni kureba
kurabuyama
itodo kasumi no
tachikakusuramu | When with many trials
The blossom have I come to see
Upon Kurabu Mountain
Already does the haze
Seem to rise to conceal them. |
Okikaze
17
Right
いもやすくねられざりけりはるのよははなのちるのみゆめにみえつつ
imo yasuku
nerarezarikeri
haru no yo wa
hana no chiru nomi
yume ni mietsutsu | My darling, uneasily,
Does sleep;
On a night in springtime
Scattering blossom, alone,
In her dreams does she ever see… |
18
‘These are just about amusing,’ they tied.
Composed at a place called Higurashino, when he was in attendance upon the former Teishi Emperor who had gone to view Miyataki.
ひぐらしのゆきすぎぬともかひもあらじひもとくいももまたじとおもへば
higurashino
yukisuginu tomo
kai mo araji
himo toku imo mo
mataji to omoeba | Sundown at Higurashino
Has passed, yet
‘Tis pointless, for
My darling girl to undo her belt
Has waited not, I fear… |
Major Counsellor Noboru
いもがかみうつをざさののはなれごまたはれにけらしあはぬ思へば
imo ga kami
utsu ozasano no
hanaregoma
tawarenikerashi
awanu omoeba | My darling’s hair
Whips, on the dwarf-bamboo plains
A wayward mount—
Fallen, it seems,
Thinking we will fail to meet… |
真野之浦乃 与騰乃継橋 情由毛 思哉妹之 伊目尓之所見
真野の浦の淀の継橋心も思へや妹が夢にし見ゆる
mano no ura no
yodo no tugipasi
kokoro yu mo
omope ya imo ga
yume ni si miyuru | Across the bay of Mano
Over the pools lies a many-pillared bridge—
Does she so cover my heart?
That love for my darling
Brings her to my dreams… |
Topic unknown.
うつくしと思ひしいもを夢に見ておきてさぐるになきぞかなしき
utukusi to
omoFisi imo wo
yume ni mite
okite saguru ni
naki zo kanasiki | How fair
I did think my darling,
Seeing her in my dreams, and
On waking, reaching, to find
Nothing is so sad. |
Anonymous
桃染めの浅らの衣浅らかに思ひて妹に逢はむものかも
momosome no
asara no koromo
asaraka ni
omopite imo ni
apamu mono kamo | Peach dyed,
Pale is this robe, but
With shallow
Passions, my darling,
Would I meet with you? |
Anonymous
妹に恋ひ寐ねぬ朝明にをし鳥のこゆかく渡る妹が使か
imo ni kopi
inenu asake ni
woshidori no
koyu kaku wataru
imo ga tukapi ka | Loving my darling
On a sleepless morning
The mandarins
Back and forth do go—
Her messengers, perhaps? |
'Simply moving and elegant'
