Round Six
Left (T – Tie)
うかりける汀におふるうきぬ縄くることなくていくよ経ぬらん
ukarikeru migiwa ni ouru uki nunawa kuru koto nakute ikuyo henuran Downcast,
Lady Shōshō
Right (M – Win)
夜とともに袖のみぬれて衣川こひこそわたれ逢瀬なければ
yo to tomo ni sode nomi nurete koromogawa koi koso watare ause nakereba With the coming of night
Lady Shinano
Toshiyori states: neither Left nor Right appears to have any faults. They are, as expected, somewhat trite, so I would say they are equivalent.
Mototoshi says: both of these poems seem pleasant. ‘Love going on without a meeting’ is particularly charming.
On the twentieth day of the Tenth Month, when I had gone to Hiraizumi, the snow was falling and stormy winds were blowing hard, and it was most extraordinarily desolate. Nevertheless, I wanted to see the River Robe as soon as possible and went there to take a look. When I arrived on the river bank, I got the feeling I was gazing upon something most different from the norm, when wandering near Koromo Castle. The riverbank was covered with ice, and it was particularly moving.
とりわきて心もしみてさえぞわたる衣河みにきたるけふしも
toriwakite
How deeply
Saigyō
とぢ渡すこほりに雪のうはぎして寒けに見ゆる衣川かな
todiwatasu
Sealed across
Fujiwara no Nakamasa
衣川むすぶこほりのけぬが上につもる雪をやとぢかさぬらむ
koromogaFa
At the River Robe,
Shunzei
Summer Garb (夏衣)
身にちかくなるとはすれど衣川ひとへにのみはえこそたのまね
mi ni chikaku naru to wa suredo koromogawa hitoe ni nomi wa e koso tanomane Close to my flesh:
Lady Higo from the Residence of the Kyōgyoku Regent
Summer Garb (夏衣)
夏たつとしるしも見えず衣川いつも舟よるうらしなければ
natsu tatsu to shirushi mo miezu koromogawa itsumo fune yoru urashinakereba Of summer weft
Minamoto no Kanemasa
Topic unknown.
たもとよりおつる涙はみちのくの衣河とぞいふべかりける
tamoto yori
From my sleeves
Anonymous
身に近きなをぞ頼みし陸奥の衣の川と見てや渡らむ
mi ni chikaki
Close to my flesh
'Simply moving and elegant'
