Left (Tie).
wata no hara
Across the broad sea sweep,
Lord Ari’ie .
Right.
wata no hara
The broad sea sweep’s
Lord Tsune’ie .
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
Waves in the offing
The Mother of Lord Minamoto no Yori’ie
Composed on the conception of the moon by the sea.
眺めやる心の果てぞなかりける明石の沖に澄める月影
nagameyaru
Gazing out
Shun’e
沖行くや赤ら小舟につと遣らばけだし人見て開き見むかも
oki yuku ya
Heading out into the offing
沖つ鳥鴨といふ船は也良の崎廻みて漕ぎ来と聞こえ来ぬかも
oki tu tori As a bird upon the offing,Duck :
Ten poems about a fisherman from Shika in Chikuzen Province.
大君の遣はさなくにさかしらに行きし荒雄ら沖に袖振る
opokimi no
His dread Lord’s
霞しく門司の関地を見渡せば薄澄みわたる沖つ白波
kasumishiku
Hazy
Jakuren
潮風に与謝の浦松音ふけて月影よする沖つ白波
shiokaze ni
The tidewinds
Fujiwara no Yoshitsune
Composed on evening haze.
なごの海の霞のまよりながむれば入る日をあらふ沖つ白波
nago no umi no
At the sea at Nago
The Gotokudaiji Minister of the Left
A poem composed when Senior Clerk Hata no Imiki presented a farewell banquet to Governor Ōtomo, Lord Yakamochi at the Yachishima residence.
奈呉の海の沖つ白波しくしくに思ほえむかも立ち別れなば
nago no umi no
At the sea of Nago
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
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