Spiders 蜘蛛
心ぼそいつまで我が身ながらへん軒ばにすがくささがにのいと
| kokoroboso itsu made wa ga mi nagaraen nokiba ni sugaku sasagani no ito | In loneliness How long must I Go on? By my eaves spun into a web is The spider’s thread… |
Daishin
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Eikyū hyakushu 693
Spiders 蜘蛛
かきたえてとひくる人もなきものを空だのめするささがにのいと
| kakitaete toikuru hito mo naki mono o soradanomesuru sasagani no ito | Truly, oh so truly, Callers coming Are there none, so I’ll trust in the unreliable Spider’s webs… |
Higo
Eikyū hyakushu 691
Spiders 蜘蛛
我がことにたちぎく人もあらませばかくとはましやささがにのいと
| wa ga koto ni tachigiku hito mo aramaseba kaku towamashi ya sasagani no ito | About me, Eavesdropping—for such a one I long, so Should I enquire, I wonder, Of the spider’s thread? |
Tadafusa
Eikyū hyakushu 690
Spiders 蜘蛛
ささがには苔のたもとにふるまへど涙ならではくる人もなし
| sasagani wa koke no tamoto ni furumaedo namida narade wa kuru hito mo nashi | A tiny crab On my mossy sleeves Does spin her web, yet Absent my tears, There is no one to come, at all… |
Toshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu 689
Spiders 蜘蛛
ささがにのしるしもいさやいかならんこよひにてみんくものふるまひ
| sasagani no shirushi mo isa ya ika naruran koyoi nite min kumo no furumai | A tiny crab’s Sign, well, What to make of it? Tonight will I attend to The spider’s behaviour… |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 688
Spiders 蜘蛛
さがるいとをみるぞうれしきささがにのくる人つぐるすぢとおもへば
| sagaru ito o miru zo ureshiki sasagani no kuru hito tsuguru suji to omoeba | A descending thread When seen, fills me with joy! For the tiny crab spider is Announcing a guest’s arrival I feel… |
Akinaka
Eikyū hyakushu 31
Heat Haze
ささがにのくもらぬ空のいとなればあそぶ気色のたえずもあるかな
| sasagani no kumoranu sora no ito nareba asobu keshiki no taezu mo aru kana | If, a tiny crab, The spider, across the cloudless skies Her web did spin, Endlessly playful The scene would be! |
Toshiyori
Love V: 23
Left (Tie).
隔てける籬の島のわりなきに住む甲斐なしや千賀の塩釜
| hedatekeru magaki no shima no warinasa ni sumu kai nashi ya chika no shiogama |
Barring our way is The fence – Magaki Isle: So unreasonable That living close is pointless, as if We were at Chika’s salt-kilns! |
Kenshō
885
Right.
忍ぶ草竝ぶ軒端の夕暮に思ひをかはすさゝがにの糸
| shinobugusa narabu nokiba no yūgure ni omoi o kawasu sasagani no ito |
A weeping fern lies Between our almost touching eaves; In the evening Love will pass Along the spider’s thread. |
Ietaka
886
The Right state: the Left’s ‘Magaki Isle’ (magaki no shima) and ‘Chika’s salt kiln’s’ (chika no shiogama) do not seem that nearby, do they? They only evoke closeness through wordplay. The Right state: we find no faults to indicated in the Left’s poem.
In judgement: the Left’s ‘Magaki Isle’ and ‘Chika’s salt kilns’, even if they are not that close, do not display a lack of technique in the conception of the current composition. I do wonder what to think about ‘so unreasonable’ (warinasa ni), though. The Right’s weeping ferns, with the spider’s behaviour transmitting the feelings of love, does not seem unreasonable either. This round, too, the poems are comparable and should tie.
Autumn I: 12
Left (Win).
定め置く星合の空のしるしとて秋の調べに琴柱たつ也
| sadameoku hoshiai no sora no shirushi tote aki no shirabe ni kotoji tatsu nari |
Set, The stars meet within the heavens Signified by The rhythms of autumn Sounding ‘cross the zithers’ bridge. |
323
Right.
七夕の逢ふ夜の庭に置く琴のあたりにひくはさゝがにの糸
| tanabata no au yo no niwa ni oku koto no atari ni hiku wa sasagani no ito |
At Tanabata, On the night of meeting, in the garden Are the zithers placed; All around for plucking are Strands of spiders’ webs. |
324
The Right say, ‘“Set” (sadameoku) just does not sound very good.’ The Left: ‘ “Spiders” (sasagani no) seems to appear rather abruptly in the poem.’
Shunzei: ‘“Spiders’ webs” (sasagani no ito) would seem to be being used to evoke the playing of the zithers. Is “set” really all that bad in form? The Left’s “rhythms of autumn” (aki no shirabe) gets the victory.’
Sanekata Shū 184
To Lady Kojijū, at the palace of the Former Empress.
絶えねとやいかにせよとぞさゝがにのいとかくまでは思はざりしを
| taene to ya ika ni seyo to zo sasagani no ito kaku made Fa omoFazarisi wo |
We’re through – is that it, or What are we to do? As a spider’s Tangled web I did not think to be. |