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Daikōtaigōgū no suke taira no tsunemori-ason ke uta’awase 43

Round Seven

Left (Tie)

色色にそむる紅葉に立田姫心のほどのみえもするかな

iroiro ni
somuru momiji ni
tatsutahime
kokoro no hodo no
mie mo suru kana
In the multitude of shades
Dyeing the scarlet leaves,
Princess Tatsuta’s
Deep thought and care
Can be seen!

Sadanaga
85

Right

いろいろにとり染めてけり立田姫はしむらごなる衣手の杜

iroiro ni
torisometekeri
tatsutahime
hashi muragonaru
koromode no mori
In a multitude of shades
Has her dye taken;
Princess Tatsuta stains
The edges dark and light of
The sacred grove at Koromode.

Lord Suetsune
86

The Left has nothing remarkable about it, and its ending is old-fashioned, I think. The Right, too, seems to be in the eccentric style, and so it’s impossible for me to say anything else about either of them.

San’i minamoto no hirotsune ason uta’awase 13

Colours of chrysanthemums at the base of a fence (籬菊色色)

Left

いろいろにうつろふ風のそがぎくはしなじなよはの霜やおくらん

iroiro ni
utsurou kaze no
sogagiku wa
shinajina yowa no
shimo ya okuran
Hues
Shifting with the breeze
Are the yellow chrysanthemums:
Is it because of night’s differing
Frostfall, perhaps?

A Court Lady
25

Right

おく霜にまがきのきくをみわたせばいろいろにこそうつろひにけれ

oku shimo ni
magaki no kiku o
miwataseba
iroiro ni koso
utsuroinikere
Frost has fallen upon
The chrysanthemums by the rough-hewn fence, and
When I gaze across them,
How their hues
Have faded away!

A Court Lady
26