Round Eight
Left
秋風の吹来る声はやまながらなみ立ちかへるおとぞきこゆる
| akikaze no fukikuru koe wa yama nagara nami tachikaeru oto zo kikoyuru | The autumn breeze’s Cry comes gusting; And in the mountains, The sound of waves washing back and forth Comes to my ears. |
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Right
すみの江の松を秋風吹くからにこゑうちそふる沖つ白なみ
| suminoe no matsu o akikaze fuku kara ni koe uchisouru oki tsu shiranami | At Suminoe The pines by the autumn breeze Are blown, so The sound lies atop The whitecaps in the offing. |
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Round Six
Left
夏山のみねのこずゑのたかければなく郭公こゑかはるかな
| natsuyama no mine no kozue no takakereba naku hototogisu koe kawaru kana | The summer mountain Peaks have treetops So high, that The crying cuckoo’s Calls stand for them. |
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Right (Win)
おほあらきのもりの下草茂りあひてふかくも夏のなりにけるかな
| ōaraki no mori no shitagusa moriaite fukaku mo natsu no narinikeru kana | In Ōaraki Forest the undergrowth Has grown so thick, that Deep summer is Surely here! |
Mitsune
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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! |
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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. |
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Composed when he presented a hundred poem sequence, during the reign of former Emperor Horikawa.
山ざとはさびしかりけりこがらしのふく夕ぐれのひぐらしのこゑ
| yamazato Fa sabisikarikeri kogarasi no Fuku yuFugure no higurasi no kowe | A mountain retreat is Lonely, indeed; The biting wind Blows of an evening with The sundown cicadas’ cries. |
Fujiwara no Nakazane
藤原仲実
あきかぜにすむよもぎふのかれゆけばこゑのことごとむしぞなくなる
| akikaze ni sumu yomogyū no kareyukeba koe no kotogoto mushi zo nakunaru | With the autumn wind, Their home, the mugwort, Begins to wither, so Every single Insect cries out. |
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みるごとにあきにもあるかたつたひめもみぢそむとや山はきるらん[1]
| miru goto ni aki ni mo aru ka tatsutahime momiji somu to ya yama wa kiruran | Each time I see her Is it autumn? Princess Tatsuta, I wonder, are she dying scarlet leaves, So that she may wear the mountains? |
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[1] This poem occurs in Kokin rokujō (648); and also in Tomonori-shū (27), suggesting that it may be by Ki no Tomonori.
Being quiet in company with a bush warbler (鶯閑中友)
Left
うぐひすのこゑを友にてくらすかなひとりながむる春の山里
| uguisu no koe o tomo nite kurasu kana hitori nagamuru haru no yamazato | O, with a warbler’s Song To spend my days! Gazing out alone From a mountain hut in springtime… |
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Right
山家はなく鶯のこゑのみぞのどけき春の友ときこゆる
| yama ie wa naku uguisu no koe nomi zo nodokeki haru no tomo to kikoyuru | In a dwelling in the mountains With nothing but a singing warbler’s Song! Peaceful, pleasant springtime Is in the very sound. |
Fujiwara no Kunimoto, Ranked without Office
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Round Ten: Insects’ songs from behind thickets of grass
Left
たづねくるかひもあるかな草村に我まつむしの声ぞきこゆる
| tazunekuru kai mo aru kana kusamura ni ware matsumushi no koe zo kikoyuru | Paying a visit here— Has some point, I think! Among the grassy thickets I pine crickets’ Song in my ears. |
A Court Lady
Right
松虫のこゑもたえせぬ草むらはたづねぬ人も尋ねきにけり
| matsumushi no koe mo taesenu kusamura wa tazunenu hito mo tazunekinikeri | Pine crickets’ Songs I would have ever carry on Among the grassy thickets The one who has not called Has finally paid a visit! |
A Court Lady
たなばたに心をかくるこよひさへあかずきこゆるすずむしのこゑ
| tanabata ni kokoro o kakuru koyoi sae akazu kikoyuru suzumushi no koe | At Tanabata My heart I conceal— This night above all, I never tire of hearing The bell crickets’ song. |
Lady Shōjō
Insects
Left (Tie)
あきくればむしもやものをおもふらんこゑもをしまずねをもなくかな
| aki kureba mushi mo ya mono o omouran koe mo oshimazu ne mo naku kana | When the autumn comes, Do the insects, too, have gloomy Thoughts, I wonder? I’ll not regret their song at all As they cry on! |
His Majesty
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Right
あきごとにとこめづらなるすずむしのふりてもふりぬこゑぞきこゆる
| akigoto ni tokomezuranaru suzumushi no furite mo furinu koe zo kikoyuru | Each and every autumn, Afresh The bell-crickets’ Aging in their aged Cries I hear. |
Lord Kintō
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Monkeys 猿
さらぬだにおいては物のかなしきに夕のましら声なきかせそ
| saranu dani oite wa mono no kanashiki ni yū no mashira koe na kikase so | Not even leaving— Sunk in Sadness O, monkeys, this evening Let me not hear your cries! |
Daishin