Round Twenty-One
Left (Win)
小倉山木木のもみぢのくれなゐはみねの嵐のおろすなりけり
ogurayama kigi no momiji no kurenai wa mine no arashi no orosu narikeri On gloomy Mount Ogura
Lord Kiyosuke
Right
fukaku asaki momijiba nagaru asukagawa fuchise wa iro ni arawarenikeri Across both depths and shallows
Shun’e
Neither of these is bad. The Right violates the five syllable pattern; the Left has no faults.
Composed for the Poetry Match held at the Residence of Imperial Princess Sukeko (5/6/Eishō 5 kōshin [26.6.1050]).
をぐら山たちどもみえぬゆふぎりにつままどはせるしかぞなくなる
wogurayama On gloomy Ogura Mountain
Gō no jijū
Created with Soan .
Putting the syllables of ‘maidenflower’ (ominaFesi ) at the beginning of each line.
をぐら山みね立ちならしなくしかのへにける秋をしる人ぞなき
wo gurayamami ne tatinarasina ku sika noFe nikeru aki wosi ru Fito zo nakiOgura Mountain’s
Tsurayuki
On autumn mornings, kōshin Fourth Month, Kenpo 5.
をぐら山しぐるるころのあさなあさな昨日はうすき四方のもみぢば
ogurayama On gloomy Ogura Mountain
Former Middle Counsellor Sada’ie
Created with Soan .
Left
くれぬべきあきををしめばをぐら山みねのもみぢもいろづきにけり
kurenubeki aki o oshimeba ogurayama mine no momiji mo irozukinikeri Pass into dusk must
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Right
をしめども秋はとまらず女郎花野べにおくれてかれぬばかりを
oshimedomo aki wa tomarazu ominaeshi nobe ni okurete karenu bakari o I regret it, yet
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を とこやまみ ねふみわけてな くしかはへ じとやおもふし ひてあきには
o tokoyama mi ne fumiwakete na ku shika wa he ji to ya omou shi ite aki ni wa Upon Otoko Mountain’s
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を ぐらやまみ ねのもみぢばな にをいとにへ てかおりけむし るやしらずや
o gurayama mi ne no momijiba na ni o ito ni he te ka orikemu shi ru ya shirazu ya On Ogura Mountain’s
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When Former Emperor Uda held an imperial excursion to Ōikawa, he stated that the place was truly suited to such an activity, and this was composed to inform His Majesty of the fact.
小倉山峯の紅葉は心あらば今一度の御幸待たなん
ogurayama
On Ogurayama,
The Koichijō Grand Minister [Fujiwara no Tadahira]
'Simply moving and elegant'
