いづ方へ思ひやらまし秋の夜の空にもあまる月の光を
| izukata e omoiyaramashi aki no yo no sora ni mo amaru tsuki no hikari o |
In which direction Should head my longing? On an autumn night The skies are full of The moon’s light… |
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Taikenmon’in horikawa-shū 11
咲きにけり苗代水に影見えて田中の里の山吹の花
| sakinikeri naFasiro midu ni kage miete tanaka no sato no yamabuki no Fana |
So, they have bloomed; Among the waters of the seedling beds Do I see the light; At the dwelling among the rice-fields Of the kerria blooms. |
Taikenmon’in Horikawa
待賢門院堀河
Eikyū hyakushu 280
夜もすがら山田の庵は稲妻の光をのみや－灯火にする
| yomosugara yamada no io wa inazuma no hikari o nomi ya tomoshibi ni suru |
All throughout the night In a hut among the mountain fields, Is the lightning’s Light alone the only Lamp? |
Eikyū hyakushu 279
里遠み山田の庵は稲妻の光のもるをともと見るかな
| sato tōmi yamada no io wa inazuma no hikari no moru o tomo to miru kana |
Far from home In the mountain fields a hut By lightning’s Light is drenched, Which we watch together. |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
Eikyū hyakushu 276
目もかれず守る山田の稲妻の光にふれてただならず見ゆ
| me mo karezu mamoru yamada no inazuma no hikari ni furete tada narazu miyu |
Still fresh to my eyes, The mountain fields I ward By lightning’s Light are brushed, and Appear again anew. |
Minamoto no Shunrai
Eikyū hyakushu 275
秋の夜の稲葉の露に稲妻の光を宿す程は我が身か
| aki no yo no inaba no tsuyu ni inazuma no hikari o yadosu hodo wa wa ga mi ka |
On an autumn night In the dewdrops on the rice fronds The lightning’s Light does lodge – Will I last as long? |
Minamoto no Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 274
はかなしや田中の里は稲妻の程なき影を頼めてぞふる
| hakanashi ya tanaka no sato wa inazuma no hodo naki kage o tanomete zo furu |
So briefly At this dwelling among the fields Upon the lightning’s Lengthless light Can I rely and lie me down… |
Minamoto no Akinaka
Kokin rokujō I: 813
秋の田の穂の上照らす稲妻の光の間にも君ぞ恋しき
| aki no ta no Fo no uFe terasu inaduma no Fikari no ma ni mo kimi zo koFisiki |
In the autumn fields Above the ears does flash The lightning Its light momentary As my love for you! |
Sankashū 379
On the 13th night of the Ninth Month.
今宵はと心え顔に澄む月の光もてなす菊の白露
| koyoi wa to kokoro egao ni sumu tsuki no hikari motenasu kiku no shiratsuyu |
“Tonight is it!” Knowingly The limpid moon’s Light garlands Silver dewfall on the chrysanthemums. |
Saigyō
西行
Love VI: 11
Left (Tie).
我戀や晴れゆくままの空の雲よそにのみして消ぬべき哉
| wa ga koi ya hareyuku mama no sora no kumo yoso ni nomi shite kienubeki kana |
Is my love As the clearing Clouds with within the skies? While you remain distant Must I fade away… |
Lord Ari’ie.
921
Right.
をのづから閨もる月も影消えてひとりかなしき浮雲の空
| onozukara neya moru tsuki mo kage kiete hitori kanashiki ukigumo no sora |
From my Bedchamber the flooding moon Light has vanish; To be alone is sad, as The heartless drifting, clouds. |
Lord Takanobu.
922
The Right state: the central line of the Left’s poem is stiff. The Left state: the Right’s poem has no particular faults.
In judgement: the statements in regard to both poems are at variance with my own opinion. I will refrain from expressing that here, although I do regret that, somewhat. If, indeed, a central line is core, then it is better for it to lack connection with the remainder of the poem. In the case of the Left’s poem, however, it seems well linked with what follows. As for the Right’s poem, ‘bedchamber the flooding moon’ (neya moru tsuki) is not phrasing which is acceptable to me. However, the Left’s initial section seems pleasant, and the Right’s final section is elegant. Thus, the round is a tie.