Left (Tie)
仄かなる声を聞きては時鳥鳴きつる方をまづぞ求むる
| Fonokanaru kowe wo kikite Fa Fototogisu nakituru kata wo madu zo motomuru |
Your faint Song I do hear O, cuckoo, Along the path you call Am I in truth invited. |
9
Right
小夜更けぬ布留の都の 時鳥帰る雲路の声を聞かせよ
| sayo Fukete Furu no miyako no Fototogisu kaFeru kumodi no kowe wo kikaseyo |
The brief night dawns At the ancient capital of Furu; O, cuckoo From your homeward path among the clouds Let me hear your song! |
10
Left
月夜には手倉の山の時鳥声も隠れぬ物にざりける
| tukiyo ni Fa tekura no yama no Fototogisu kowe mo kakurenu mono ni zarikeru |
On a moonlit night On Tekura Mountain that The cuckoo Does conceal his call Is not true at all… |
7
Right (Win)
住む里は篠部をの森の時鳥木の下声ぞ標なりける
| sumu sato Fa sinobe no mori no Fototogisu ko no sita kowe zo sirube narikeru |
To my dwelling In Shinobe Forest are The cuckoo Calls beneath the trees A signpost. |
8
Left
鳴くになど驚かるらむ時鳥呼ぶ人毎にありと聞きつつ
| naku ni nado odorokaruramu Fototogisu yobu Fito goto ni ari to kikitutu |
Why does your song Startle me so O, cuckoo? All the folk you call Are there, do I ever hear… |
5
Right (Win)
知らねども答へやせまし時鳥元つ人てふ声を哀れと
| siranedomo kotaFe ya semasi Fototogisu moto tu Fito teFu kowe wo aFare to |
I know it not, yet I wonder will you reply, O, cuckoo? A familiar friend’s Voice is moving, indeed. |
6
The poetry competition held at the residence of Yukihira, the Minister of Popular Affairs: Left and Right prepared tableau, among other things. The tableau were in the form of rustic dwellings. Poems were composed on these in relation to cuckoo calls.
Left (Tie) – on the form of a mountain dwelling
夏深き山里なれど時鳥声はしげくも聞えざりけり
| natu Fukaki yamazato naredo Fototogisu kowe Fa sigekumo kikoezarikeri |
Deep in summer Lies this mountain hut, yet The cuckoo Calls lush and thick, but I cannot hear them! |
1
Right – on the form of a country house
荒れにける宿の梢は高けれど山時鳥まれに鳴くかな
| arenikeru yado no kozue wa takakeredo yamahototogisu mare ni naku kana |
Gone to ruin is This house where treetops Are tall, yet The mountain cuckoo Calls there but rarely! |
2
Snipe
Left (Tie)
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
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