Left Final Round
をみなへしこのあきまでぞまさるべきつゆをもぬきてたまにまどはせ
ominaeshi kono aki made zo masarubeki tsuyu o mo nukite tama ni madowase The maidenflowers
His Majesty[1]
Right
きみによりのべをはなれしをみなへしおなじこころにあきをとどめよ
kimi ni yori nobe o hanareshi ominaeshi onaji kokoro ni aki o todomeyo For My Lord
Her Majesty, the Empress
22[2]
The flowers of the Right were inferior, but the poems of the Right won.
[1] Shinsen man’yōshū 528
[2] Shinsen man’yōshū 548
Left
ひとのみることやくるしきをみなへしあきぎりにのみたちかくるらむ
hito no miru koto ya kurushiki ominaeshi akigiri ni nomi tachikakururamu For man to gaze on you,
Tadamine[1]
Right
とりてみばはかなからんやをみなへしそでにつつめるしらつゆのたま
torite miba hakanakaran ya ominaeshi sode ni tsutsumeru shiratsuyu no tama If I pick and look
14
[1] KKS IV: 235
Left
しらつゆのおけるあしたのをみなへしはなにもはにもたまぞかかれる
shiratsuyu no okeru ashita no ominaeshi hana ni mo ha ni mo tama zo kakareru Silver dewdrops
7[1]
Right
をみなへしたてるのざとをうちすぎてうらみむつゆにぬれやん
ominaeshi tateru nozato o uchisugite uramimu tsuyu ni nure ya wataran A maidenflower
8
[1] Gyokuyōshū 526; Shinsen man’yōshū 606; Kokin rokujō 3687
Left
白玉のきえて涙と成りぬれば恋しきかげを袖にこそ見れ
shiratama no kiete namida to narinureba koishiki kage o sode ni koso mire Pearls
160
Right
人を見ておもふ事だに有るものを空にこふるぞはかなかりける
hito o mite omou koto dani aru mono o sora ni kōru zo hakanakarikeru I saw her, and
161
Topic unknown.
かきくらし霰ふりしけ白玉をしける庭とも人のみるべく
kakikurasi All turns dark, as
Anonymous
しらたまのあきのこのはにやどれると見つるは露のはかるなりけり[1]
shiratama no aki no ko no ha ni yadoreru to mitsuru wa tsuyu no hakaru narikeri Pearls
51
ゆきかへりここもかしこもかりなれやあきくるごとにねをばなくらん
yukikaeri koko mo kashiko mo kari nare ya aki kuru koto ni ne oba nakuran Going back and forth,
52
[1] This poem was included in Gosenshū (VI: 311).
Topic unknown.
をぎの葉にそそやあきかぜ吹きぬなりこぼれやしぬるつゆのしらたま
ogi no Fa ni Across the fronds of silver grass
Ōe no Yoshitoki
Cathay Folk 唐人
から人の衣にかざるしら玉の碧き光のめづらしきかな
karabito no The Cathay folks’
Higo
沢田川流れてひとの見え越すはたれに見せましせせの白玉
sawadagawa
The Sawada River
Left (Tie).
袖の上にかかる涙の白玉を包まねばこそよそに散るらめ
sode no ue ni
To my sleeves
Lord Ari’ie .
725
Right.
よしさらば逢はで重ぬる濡れ衣の恨みに朽る妻もあらなん
yoshi saraba
I care not if it’s so!
Nobusada .
726
The Right state: in the Left’s poem, it sounds as if the tears are being scattered by some other person. The Left state: we cannot understand the Right’s poem at all.
Shunzei’s judgement: the entirety of the final section of the Left’s poem is inappropriate [kashinserarezaru]. While the configuration of the Right is elegant, it does, indeed, seem somewhat difficult to grasp. Compared, the round is a tie.
'Simply moving and elegant'