春くれば袖のこほりもとけにけりもりくる月しやどるばかりに
| haru kureba sode no kōri mo tokenikeri morikuru tsuki shi yadoru bakari ni | Now that spring has come, The ice atop my sleeves Has melted, and The drops of moonlight are All that lodge there… |
Major Archbishop Gyōson
Left
足引の山のかけはし冬くればこほりのうへをよきぞかねつる
| ashihiki no yama no kakehashi fuyu kureba kōri no ue o yoki zo kanetsuru | To the leg-wearying Mountain plankways, When the winter comes The ice atop them Is difficult to avoid! |
147
Right
ふゆくれば雪ふりつもる高きみね立つ白雲に見えまがふかな
| fuyu kureba yuki furitsumoru takaki mine tatsu shirakumo ni miemagau kana | When the winter comes The snow fallen, piled high upon The lofty peaks With the rising clouds so white Is easy to confuse! |
148
Left
霜のうへに跡ふみつくる浜千鳥行へもなしと鳴きのみぞふる
| shimo no ue ni ato fumitsukuru hamachidori yukue mo nashi to naki nomi zo suru | Upon the frost Treading out tracks are Plovers on the beach; With no place to go, They simply sing! |
Okikaze
141
Right
なみだ川みなぐばかりの淵はあれど氷とけねばかげもやどらぬ
| namidagawa mi nagu bakari no fuchi wa aredo kōri tokeneba kage mo yadoranu | My river of tears, Is fit to drown me in It’s depths, yet Should the ice not melt, No sign will linger on… |
142
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! |
5
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. |
6
Spring
Round 1
Left
やま風にとくる氷のひまごとにうち出づる浪や春の初花
| yamakaze ni tokuru kōri no hima goto ni uchi’izuru nami ya haru no hatsuhana | With the mountain breeze The melting ice from Every crack Bursts out in waves, perhaps These are the first blooms of spring? |
Minamoto no Maszumi
1[1]
Right (Win)
春霞たつひの風のいとなれや滝のをとけて玉とみだるる
| harugasumi tatsu hi no kaze no ito nare ya taki no o tokete tama to midaruru | The haze of spring Arises with the breeze this day, so Will its streamers with The melting waterfall’s threaded Jewels become confused? |
2
[1] Kokin rokujo I: 5
A poem from the Poetry Competition held in the reign of the Kanpyō Empress.
谷風にとくる氷のひまごとに打いづる波や春のはつ花
| tanikaze ni tokuru koFori no Fimagoto ni uti’iduru nami ya Faru no FatuFana |
In the valley’s breezes Does melt the ice, and From every crack Do burst waves – are these The first blooms of spring? |
Minamoto no Masazumi
源当純