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さ夜ふくるままに汀や凍るらむ遠ざかりゆく志がの浦波
| sayo Fukuru mama ni migiFa ya koForuramu toFozakariyuku siga no uranami |
Is it while brief night Comes on that the waters’ edge Does seem to freeze? Ever more distant grow The waves on Shiga’s shore… |
Kaikaku
快覚
Left (Tie).
わたの原沖つ潮風に立つ浪の寄り來やかかる汀なりとも
| wata no hara oki tsu nami ni tatsu nami no yoriko ya kakaru migiwa naritomo |
Across the broad sea sweep, The waves from the offing, The breakers: So I would have you come to me, Though I be such a shore… |
Lord Ari’ie.
975
Right.
わたの原深き契りや渚なるかたし貝ともなりにける哉
| wata no hara fukaki ya chigiri nagisa naru katashigai tomo narinikeru kana |
The broad sea sweep’s Depths: did our vow match them? Upon the beach lie Single seashells: That is what we have become! |
Lord Tsune’ie.
976
The Right state: we are unable to appreciate the Left’s poem. The Left state: as are we the Right’s poem.
In judgement: the Left’s poem would seem to be an improved example of a poem in the style of the previous round. That being said, the waves wouldn’t not come, would they? And, what is the point in addressing them so? The Right’s poem has an extremely flippant final section. The poems are comparable and should tie.
In return.
沖つ波打出でむ事ぞつゝましき思ひよるべき汀ならねば
| oki tu nami uti’idemu koto zo tutumasiki omoFiyorubeki migiFa naraneba |
Waves in the offing Emerge That – I would keep secret, For an accommodating Shore is there none… |
The Mother of Lord Minamoto no Yori’ie
源頼家朝臣母