Round Ten
Left (Win)
数ならぬ深山がくれを尋ねてぞ心の末の花も見るべき
kazu naranu miyamagakure o tazunete zo kokoro no sue no hana mo mirubeki Not for many, but
The Former Minister of the Centre
Right
まがひこし雲をばよそに吹きなして峰の桜ににほふ春風
magaikoshi kumo o ba yoso ni fukinashite mine no sakura ni niou harukaze I had mistaken
Kozaishō
Both Left and Right sound elegant, yet still the hue of ‘my heart’s final desire: blossom’ is something I can visualise—thus, it wins.
Composed as a spring poem, when he presented poems to the Poetry Office.
葛城やたかまの桜さきにけりたつたのおくにかかる白雲
kazuragi ya In Kazuragi, [1]
Jakuren
Created with Soan . [1] An allusive variation on KKS I: 59 and Wakan rōeishū II: 409/SKKS XI: 990 .
Composed on the conception of gazing at mountain cherries in the distance, when people were drinking wine and composing poetry at the residence of the Minister of the Centre.
高砂の尾上のさくらさきにけりと山のかすみたたずもあらなん
takasago no On Takasago’s
Lord Ōe no Masafusa
Created with Soan .
Composed on the conception of seeing blossom every morning.
たづねきてたをるさくらの朝露に花のたもとのぬれぬ日ぞなき
tadunekite I pay a visit and
The Naka-no-in Minister of the Right
Created with Soan .
When he participated in an archery display, during the reign of the Jōgan emperor [Seiwa].
けふ桜しづくにわが身いざぬれむかごめにさそふ風のこぬまに
keFi sakura siduku ni wa ga mi iza nuremu kagome ni sasoFu kaze no konu ma ni Today let cherry blossom
The Kawara Minister of the Left
Created with Soan .
Cherry blossom on a distant mountain.
かづらきや高間のさくらながむれば夕ゐる雲に春雨ぞ降る
kazuraki ya takama no sakura nagamureba yū iru kumo ni harusame zo furu In Kazuraki
Created with Soan .
A place famed for cherry blossom.
音にきくよしののさくら咲きにけり山のふもとにかかる白雲
oto ni kiku yoshino no sakura sakinikeri yama no fumoto ni kakaru shirakumo The famed
Created with Soan .
Left (Win)
さくらちるこのしたかぜはさむからでそらにしられぬゆきぞふりける
sakura chiru ko no shitakaze wa samukarade sora ni shirarenu yuki zo furikeru The cherry scattering
Tsurayuki
13[i]
Right
わがこころはるのやまべにあくがれてながながしひをけふもくらしつ
wa ga kokoro haru no yamabe ni akugarete naganagashi hi o kyō mo kurashitsu My heart to
Mitsune
14[ii]
The Left wins. ‘The Right has “long, long” which is a disagreeable word. It was hissed through pursed lips with drooping shoulders,’ and so it lost.
[i] This poem is included in Shūishū (I: 64), with the headnote, ‘From Former Emperor Uda’s Poetry Contest’.
[ii] This poem is included in Shinkokinshū (I: 81), attributed to Tsurayuki with the headnote ‘A poem from Former Emperor Uda’s Poetry Contest’.
A poem composed by Emperor Ingyō after spending the night with Princess Sotōri.
波那具波辞 佐区羅能梅涅 許等梅涅麼 波椰区波梅涅孺 和我梅豆留古羅
hana guwashi So fair the bloom,
Bird Cherry Blossom
Left
はるがすみたちみつをみてにはかにはさくらのはな とおもひけるかな
harugasumi tachimitsu o mite niwaka ni wa sakura no hana to omoikeru kana The spring mists
Tsurayuki
Right (Win)
はるかにはさくらのはなとみゆれどもいりてのそきはひろくぞありける
haruka ni wa sakura no hana to miyuredomo irite no soki wa hiroku zo arikeru From afar, as
Tadamine
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