Round Eleven
Left
おぼつかないづれうらごの山ならんみなくれなゐにみゆる紅葉ば
obotsukana izure urago no yama naran mina kurenai ni miyuru momijiba How strange it is—
Kiyosuke
Right (Win)
大ゐ河きしのもみぢのちるをりは浪にたたするにしきとぞみる
ōigawa kishi no momiji no chiru ori wa nami ni tatasuru nishiki to zo miru At the River Ōi,
Mikawa
When I listen to the Left I wonder what on earth it’s actually about—the end seems redolent of love. The Right doesn’t seem to have any particular faults, so it should win.
Composed on wisteria hanging from a pine tree, when I had a diorama of the Ōi River constructed as a stimulation for an archery meet.
たちかへりみてもわたらん大井川かはべの松にかかる藤なみ
tachikaeri mitemo wataran ōigawa kawabe no matsu ni kakaru fujinami Let me rise and return
Created with Soan.
When he was in service at an imperial progress to Ōi.
おほゐがは井せきのおとのなかりせばこのはをしけるわたりとやみん
oFowigawa Upon the River Ōi
Master of the Palace Repairs Office Akisue
Created with Soan .
Composed on the conception of the waters clogged with fallen leaves, when he had gone to the River Ōi.
高瀬舟しぶくばかりにもみぢ葉の流れてくだる大井河かな
takasebune shibuku bakari ni momijiba no nagarete kudaru ōigawa kana The punts
Fujiwara no Ietaka
散りかかる紅葉流るる大堰川いづら井堰の水の柵
tirikakaru
Scattered all around are
Minamoto no Tsunenobu
Composed in the Tenth Month of Jōhō 3 [1076] when the reigning emperor had made a progress to the River Ōi to go hunting.
大井川ふるきながれを尋ねきて嵐のやまの紅葉をぞ見る
oFowigaFa
The River Ōi:
Emperor Shirakawa
Composed when His Majesty’s gentlemen had gone to the River Ōi on the first day of the Tenth Month to compose poetry.
落ちつもる紅葉をみれば大井川井堰に秋もとまる なりけり
otitumoru
Fallen in piles are
Former Major Councillor Kintō
Composed at the River Ōi.
水もなくみえこそわたれ大井河岸の紅葉は雨とふれども
midu mo naku
No water
Fujiwara no Sadayori
Composed on autumn leaves when the late Minister of Ceremonial had gone to the River Ōi.
水上に紅葉ながれて大井河むらごにみゆる瀧の白糸
minakami ni
From upstream
The Horikawa Minister of the Right [Fujiwara no Yorimune]
大堰川鵜舟の手縄うちはへて夜な夜な瀬せをすみかとぞする
ōikawa
Upon the River Ōi
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