Left (Tie)
ふるさとにかすみとびわけゆくかりはたびのそらにやはるをすぐらむ
furusato ni kasumi tobiwake yuku kari wa tabi no sora ni ya haru o suguramu Above an ancient estate
Mitsune
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Right
ちるはなをぬきしとめねばあをやぎのいとはよるともかひやなからむ
chiru hana o nukishi tomeneba aoyagi no ito wa yoru tomo kai ya nakaramu The scattered blossom
20
‘“Sewn but not halted”—it really does seem so.’
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
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,
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‘These are just about amusing,’ they tied.
Round 8
Left
花の色はかすみのひまにほのみえて山のはにほふ春の暁
hana no iro wa The blossoms’ hues
325
Right
あだし夜の花にとききてゆく雁の名残もいとど有明のそら
adashiyo no To fleeting night’s
326
This round, again, it seems difficult to distinguish between the the two poems.
Former Emperor Gosukō (1372-1456)
Composed when he had gone to the bay at Tago.
たごの浦の風ものどけき春の日は霞ぞ浪に立ちかはりける
tago no ura no Upon the bay at Tago
The Monk Dōin
A miscellaneous poem on spring.
久方之 天芳山 此夕 霞霏［］ 春立下
ひさかたの天の香具山この夕霞たなびく春立つらしも
pisakata no Upon eternal
Composed on the road, when it was springtime, and he was on his way from the countryside to the capital.
みわたせばみやこはちかくなりぬらんすぎぬる山はかすみへだてつ
miwataseba When I gaze across,
Minamoto no Michinari
Left
まきもくのひばらの霞たちかへりみれども花のおどろかれつつ
makimoku no hibara no kasumi tachikaeri miredomo hana no odorokaretsutsu In Makimoku[1] among
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Right
白妙の浪路わけてや春はくる風吹くからにはなも咲きけり
shirotae no namiji wakete ya haru wa kuru kaze fuku kara ni hana mo sakinikeri White as mulberry cloth are
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[1] Makimoku 巻目 was an alternate name for Makimuku 纏向, a place in Yamato province which was traditionally believed to be the location of the state’s capital during the reigns of the legendary emperors Suinin 垂仁 and Keikō 景行.
[2] Shinsen man’yōshū 17/An almost identical poem is also included in Kokin rokujo (I: 619), while a minor variant occurs in Fubokushō (IV: 1100), with a headnote identifying it as being included in this contest: まきもくのひばらの山にたちかへり見れども花におどろかれつつ makimoku no / hibara no yama ni / tachikaeri / miredomo hana no / odorokaretsutsu ‘In Makimoku among / The mountain cypress groves / Rising and departing, / I see it, yet the blossom / Ever does amaze me…’
Left
霞立つ春の山辺にさくら花あかず散るとやうぐひすの鳴く
kasumi tatsu Hazes rise from
25[1]
Right
あまの原春はことにも見ゆるかな雲のたてるも色こかりけり
ama no hara haru wa koto ni mo miyuru kana kumo no tateru mo iro kokarikeri Upon the Plain of Heaven
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[1] Shinkokinshū II: 109/Shinsen man’yōshū 31
Left
浅みどり野辺の霞はつつめどもこぼれて匂ふはな桜かな
asamidori nobe no kasumi wa tsutsumedomo koborete niou hanazakura kana The pale green
11[1]
Right
春たたば花をみむてふ心こそ野辺の霞とともにたちぬれ
haru tataba hana o mimu chō kokoro koso nobe no kasumi to tomo ni tachinure If spring should appear
12
[1] This poem appears in Shūishū (I: 40), with the headnote, ‘From the Man’yōshū of Lord Suga[wara no Michizane]’. Also Shinsen man’yōshū I: 5 and Kokin rokujō V: 3514 ‘Green’.
Left 梅のはなしるきかならでうつろはば雪降りやまぬ春とこそ見め
ume no hana shiru ki ka narade utsurowaba yuki furiyamanu haru to koso mime Of the plum blossom
5
Right
春の日に霞わけつつとぶ雁の見えみみえずみ雲がくれ行く
haru no hi ni kasumi waketsutsu tobu kari no mie mi miezu mi kumogakureyuku The springtime sun
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