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Daikōtaigōgū daijin kiyosuke-ason ke uta’awase 17

Round Seventeen

Left

夜もすがらをばすて山の月をみて昔にかよふ我がこころかな

yomosugara
obasuteyama no
tsuki o mite
mukashi kayou
wa ga kokoro kana
All night long
At Mount Obasute
Gazing upon the moon—
Drifting back to days gone by
Goes my heart!

Lord Kiyosuke
33

Right (Win)

山のはに雲のよこぎるよひのまは出でても月ぞ猶またれける

yama no ha ni
kumo no yokogiru
yoi no ma wa
idete mo tsuki zo
nao matarekeru
Along the mountains’ edge
Trail clouds
Throughout the night, so
Even as it rises, the moon
I am yet awaiting!

Atsuyori
34

Entō ōn’uta’awase 13

Round Thirteen

Left (Win)

桜花空にあまぎる白雲の棚引きわたるかづらきの山

sakurabana
sora ni amagiru
shirakumo no
tanabikiwataru
kazuragi no yama
The cherry blossoms,
As sky-sweeping
Clouds of white
Drape all across
Kazuragi Mountain.

Takasuke
25

Right

さくらさくながらの山のながき日も昔をこひぬ時のまぞなき

sakura saku
nagara no yama no
nagaki hi mo
mukashi o koinu
toki no ma zo naki
The cherries bloom
Changeless on Nagara Mountain;
The lengthy days to
Those beloved bygone
Moments do not compare.

Shimotsuke
26

Neither Left nor Right has any faults worth mentioning. The Right’s poem appears tranquil, with an artless quality. It has a moving sensibility of longing for the past, but the Left’s poem should just about win, I think.

GSIS X: 597

Composed when remembering someone who had passed away in the autumn.

としごとにむかしはとほくなりゆけどうかりし秋はまたもきにけり

tosi goto ni
mukasi Fa toFoku
nariyukedo
ukarisi aki Fa
mata mo kinikeri
Every single year
That long-gone day more distant
Grows, yet
Despised autumn
Has come round once more.

Minamoto no Shigeyuki

SZS IX: 566

When she was in attendance on Empress Akiko, Her Majesty’s mien was that of recollecting a certain situation with His Majesty, Former Emperor Ichijō, so she presented this the following morning, after she had withdrawn from Her Majesty’s presence.

つねよりもまたぬれそひし袂かなむかしをかけて落ちし涙に

tune yori mo
mata nuresoFisi
tamoto kana
mukasi wo kakete
wotisi namida ni
More than ever,
Soaked through are
My sleeves!
For bygone days I stored up
The tears I let fall now…

Akazome Emon

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.