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Daikōtaigōgū no suke taira no tsunemori-ason ke uta’awase 43

Round Seven

Left (Tie)

色色にそむる紅葉に立田姫心のほどのみえもするかな

iroiro ni
somuru momiji ni
tatsutahime
kokoro no hodo no
mie mo suru kana
In the multitude of shades
Dyeing the scarlet leaves,
Princess Tatsuta’s
Deep thought and care
Can be seen!

Sadanaga
85

Right

いろいろにとり染めてけり立田姫はしむらごなる衣手の杜

iroiro ni
torisometekeri
tatsutahime
hashi muragonaru
koromode no mori
In a multitude of shades
Has her dye taken;
Princess Tatsuta stains
The edges dark and light of
The sacred grove at Koromode.

Lord Suetsune
86

The Left has nothing remarkable about it, and its ending is old-fashioned, I think. The Right, too, seems to be in the eccentric style, and so it’s impossible for me to say anything else about either of them.

Teiji-in uta’awase 12

Left (Tie)

うつつにはさらにもいはじさくらばなゆめにもちるとみえばうからむ

utsutsu ni wa
sara ni mo iwaji
sakurabana
yume ni mo chiru to
mieba ukaramu
In the waking world
There is nothing more I might say,
O, cherry blossom!
You scattering through my dreams—
How I would hate to see it!

Mitsune
23

Right

はなのいろをうつしとどめよかがみやまはるよりのちにかげやみゆると

hana no iro o
utsushi to tomeyo
kagamiyama
haru yori nochi ni
kage ya miyuru to
The blossoms’ hues’
Reflection: hold it,
Mirror Mountain!
That after the springtime’s gone
I might see their shades.

Korenori
24[i]


[i] This poem is included in Shūishū (I: 73), attributed to Korenori, with the headnote, ‘From Former Emperor Uda’s Poetry Contest.’

KKS I: 38

Breaking off a branch of plum blossom, he sent it to a certain person.

君ならで誰にかみせん梅花色をも香をも知る人ぞ知る

kimi narade
tare ni ka misen
mume no Fana
iro wo mo ka wo mo
siru Fito zo siru
If not to you
Then to whom should I present
Plum blossoms?
For their shades and their scent both,
It is you who know them best of all…

Tomonori

Horikawa hyakushu 1135

よそながら恋は色にもあらなくに心に深く思ひそめてき

yoso nagara
koFi Fa iro ni mo
aranaku ni
kokoro ni Fukaku
omoFisometeki
From a distance
Love in visible shades of passion
Has not appeared, but
Deep within her heart
It has begun to leave its hue.

Iyo, from the Residence of Imperial Princess Sukeko
祐子内親王家紀伊