照る月の桂の川し清ければうえした秋の紅葉をぞ見る
| teru tuki no katura no kaFa si kiyokereba uFe sita aki no momidi wo zo miru |
The moon shines Upon the river at Katsura, So pure that Upstream and down in autumn, Scarlet leaves I see. |
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Summer I: 19
Left (Tie).
おなじ瀬をのぼる鮎子に大井河くだりぞあらぬ篝火の影
| onaji se o noboru ayuko ni ōigawa kudari zo aranu kagaribi no kage |
At the same swift waters: Sweetfish sprats head up The Ōi River, Waiting, unmoving are The lighted fishing-fires. |
217
Right (Tie).
桂川くだりもあらぬ鵜舟かなこの瀬にのみや鮎子さばしる
| katsuragawa kudari mo aranu ubune kana kono se ni nomi ya ayuko sabashiru |
Upon Katsura River, Waiting, unmoving are The cormorant boats; Is it only at these swift waters, that The sweetfish sprats do race? |
218
Neither team sees any difficulties with the other’s poems this round.
Shunzei comments tersely, ‘Both poems use “sweetfish sprats”, and this old-fashioned term cannot help but give them a less than pleasant air. Neither is worthy of victory.’
Miscellaneous 100
Left (Tie).
我君の常盤のかげは秋もあらじ月の桂の千世にあふとも
| wa ga kimi no tokiwa no kage wa aki mo araji tsuki no katsura no chiyo ni au tomo |
Upon my Lord’s Evergreen face Never, shall autumn show, Though he match the moon’s silver trees’ Thousand Ages. |
199
Right (Tie).
散もせじ衣にすれるさゝ竹の大宮人のかざす櫻は
| chiri mo seji koromo ni sureru sasatake no ōmiyabito no kazasu sakura wa |
Not a petal will fall! In robes printed with Bamboo, The palace folk, have Arranged cherry blossom. |
200
Spring 4
Left.
花の香のかすめる月にあくがれて夢もさだかに見えぬ比かな
| hana no ka no kasumeru tsuki ni akugarete yume mo sadaka ni mienu koro kana |
The blossoms’ scent Befogs the moon; Thus lost, Certain it is that dreams Will not come now, perhaps… |
7
Right (Win)
春の夜は月の桂もにほふ覧光に梅の色はまがひぬ
| haru no yo wa tsuki no katsura mo niouran hikari ni ume no iro wa magainu |
On a night in springtime The moon’s silver trees, too, Must give out their fragrance; In such light the plums’ Hues can be mistaken. |
8
Sanekata Shū 2
In the year in which Lord Tamemasa was Imperial messenger to the festival at Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine, on the day after I been a dancer there and was returning home, on wearing blossom in our hair:
桂川かざしの花の影みえしきのふのふちぞ今日は戀しき
| katuragaFa kazasi no Fana no kage miesi kinoFu no Futi zo keFu Fa koFisiki |
By the River Katsura The blossom in your hair Shining I saw: The tranquil, violet deeps of yesterday Are dear, indeed, to me today. |
KKS XVIII: 968
When she was a Katsura, in reply to a letter sent asking after her from Her Majesty, the Shichijō Empress [Onshi].
久方のなかに生ひたる里なれば光をのみぞ賴むべらなる
| Fisakata no naka ni oFitaru sato nareba Fikari wo nomi zo tanomuberanaru |
The everlasting (moon): Growing in its midst Is my home, so In its light alone Can I place my trust. |
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