Topic unknown.
宮城野の萩や雄鹿の妻ならん花咲きしより声の色なる
| miyagino no Fagi ya wosika no tuma naran Fana sakisi yori kowe no iro naru |
On Miyagi plain Has the bush clover the stag’s Bride become? For since the blossom bloomed His cry takes on its passionate hue. |
Fujiwara no Mototoshi
藤原基俊
Left
たれか又暁ごとに夢さめて羽掻く鴫の声を聞くらむ
| tareka mata akatuki goto ni yume samete Fane kaku sigi no kowe wo kikuramu |
Who is it that yet With every single dawn Awakens from her dreams, and The wing-beating snipes’ Cries does hear? |
Koma
小馬
17
Right
我ならで誰か聞くらむ暁の羽掻く鴫の数を尽くして
| ware narade tare ka kikuramu akatuki no Fane kaku sigi no kazu wo tukusite |
If not I, then Who is it that will hear? With the dawn The snipes’ wing-beats Coming to an end… |
Saemon
左衛門
18
Topic unknown.
飛ぶ鳥の声も聞えぬ奥山の深き心を人は知らなむ
| tobu tori no kowe mo kikoenu okuyama no Fukaki kokoro wo Fito Fa siranamu |
Flying birds’ Song does not reach The mountains’ heart; The depths of my love I would have you know! |
Anonymous
東路や今朝たちくれば蟬の声高篠山にいまぞ鳴くなる
| azumaji ya kesa tachikureba semi no koe takashino yama ni ima zo nakunaru |
Upon the Eastern roads This morning I do set my foot, so Cicadas’ songs Around Takashino Mountain Now are sung! |
Fujiwara no Nakazane
Topic unknown.
下紅葉ひと葉づゝちる木のもとに秋と覺ゆる蝉の聲かな
| sita momidi Fa Fito zutu tiru ko no moto ni aki to oboyuru semi no kowe kana |
Under scarlet leaves Falling one by one Below the trees I get the sense of autumn From the cicadas’ song. |
Sagami
夏山の峰の梢し高ければ空にぞ蟬の声も聞ゆる
| natuyama no mine no kozuwe si takakereba sora ni zo semi no kowe mo kikoyuru |
Summer mountain Tree-topped peaks Are so high that, Out among the skies the cicadas’ Song I hear. |
[One of] five poems composed when dropping anchor at Nagadojima in Aki province.
石走る瀧もとどろに鳴く蝉の声をし聞けば都し思ほゆ
| ipabasiru taki mo todoro ni naku semi no kowe o si kikeba miyako si omopoyu |
Running o’er the rocks Cataracts resound – When the singing cicadas Song I hear The capital comes to my thoughts. |
Ōishi no Minomaro
大石蓑麻呂
A poem by Prince Yuge.
霍公鳥なかる国にも行きてしかその鳴く声を聞けば苦しも
| pototogisu nakaru kuni ni mo yukitesika sono naku kowe wo kikeba kurusi mo |
Where the cuckoo Is not – that is the land where I would go! For the sound of his song Within my ears brings only pain… |
弓削皇子
夏の夜の臥すかとすれば時鳥鳴く一声に明くる東雲
| natu no yo no Fusu ka to sureba Fototogisu naku Fito kowe ni akuru sinonome |
On a summer night I am just about to take to bed, when, A cuckoo calls, and With a single song Light comes to the eastern sky. |
Ki no Tsurayuki
Left (Tie).
聞き馴れてきては心も慰まず聲の通ふは甲斐無かりけり
| kikinarete kite wa kokoro mo nagusamazu koe no kayou wa kai nakarikeri |
Familiar to the ear It comes, but my heart Has no consolation; The interplay of voices is Pointless, indeed. |
Lord Ari’ie
877
Right.
睦言の通はぬ中と成ぬれば聲は聞けども甲斐無かりけり
| mutsugoto no kayowanu naka to narinureba koe wa kikedomo kai nakarikeri |
Sweet words do we Exchange No more, so Even if I hear your voice, it is Pointless, indeed. |
Lord Tsune’ie
878
Left and Right both state: no faults.
In judgement: the conception of both poems ‘interplay of voices’ (koe kayou), is of the same quality.