Left.
hito kokoro
Our hearts
Lord Sada’ie .
Right.
omowazu ni
Unthinkingly
Lord Tsune’ie.
The Gentlemen of the Right state: we wonder about the purpose of ‘fallen leaves swept along’ (ko no ha furishiku ) in the Left’s poem. The Gentlemen of the Left state: the Right’s poem is pedestrian.
In judgement: Both the poems of the Left and of the Right use ‘bridge of Odae’ (odae no hashi ) which is tasteful. The Left’s ‘fallen leaves swept along’ must be following Ise Monogatari . The gentlemen of the Right must surely be pretending ignorance! The poem of the Right, too, has an elegant total configuration, but ‘unknown to all’ (hito shirezu ) is at odds with the emotional overtones. Thus the Left’s ‘fallen leaves swept along the autumn paths back and forth’ is better. I make it the winner.
散り積もる木の葉が下の忘れ水澄むとも見えず絶間のみして
tiritumoru
Scattered and drifted are
Ise no Taifu (989?-1060?)
When he drew the topic of dew, when people were composing poetry on randomly selected topics at the residence of the Minister of the Left.
我ならぬ草葉もものは思ひけり袖より外におけるしらつゆ
aFare naranu
Not only I, but
Fujiwara no Tadakuni
葉かへせぬ歎の杜は冬来れど常にもかもな常しなへなり
Fa kaesenu
The leaves never turn
Minamoto no Toshiyori
Sent to a lady at the beginning.
木葉散る山の下水埋もれて流れもやらぬ物をこそ思へ
ko no Fa tiru
Leaves fall from the trees, and
Eikaku
いつとなく葉がへぬ山の椎柴に人の心をなすよしもがな
itsu to naku
If only the ever
Minamoto no Nakazane
Topic unknown.
鷂のと帰る山の椎柴の葉がへはすとも君はかへせじ
hashitaka no
Sparrowhawks
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激しさのみ山颪は手もなきにいかで木の葉をこき散らすらむ
hageshisa no
Wild is
Minamoto no Toshiyori
宿に敷く錦を見ればうれしくてさすかに木の葉散らば惜しまる
yado ni shiku
Spread around my house,
Minamoto no Akinaka
A poem about the provinces for the enthronement ceremony in Tenroku 1 [970]: The Izumi River.
泉河のどけき水のそこ見れば今年葉陰ぞすみまさりける
idumigaFa
At Izumi River
Taira no Kanemori
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