ひとしれぬなみだやそらにくもりつつあきのしぐれとふりまさるらむ[1]
hito shirenu namida ya sora ni kumoritsutsu aki no shigure to furimasaruramu Unknown to all
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あきくれば山とよむまでなくしかに我おとらめやひとりぬるよは
aki kureba yama toyomu made naku shika ni ware otorame ya hitori nuru yo wa When the autumn comes
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[1] This poem appears in Fubokushō (5546), where it is attributed to [Ariwara no] Motokata.
山ざとは秋こそものはかなしけれねざめねざめにしかはなきつつ
yamazato wa aki koso mono wa kanashikere nezame nezame ni shika wa nakitsutsu A mountain retreat in
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ことのねをかぜのしらべにまかせてはたつたひめこそあきはひくらし
koto no ne o kaze no shirabe ni makasete wa tatsustahime koso aki wa hikurashi A zither’s strains
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あさぎりにかたまどはしてなくかりのこゑぞたえせぬ秋の山べは
asagiri ni kata madowashite naku kari no koe zo taesenu aki no yamabe wa In the morning mists
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山ざとはあきこそことにかなしけれしかのなくねにめをさましつつ[1]
yamazato wa aki koso koto ni kanashikere shika no naku ne ni me o samashitsutsu In a mountain retreat
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[1] This poem also occurs in Kokinshū (IV: 214 ), where it is attributed to [Mibu no] Tadamine.
A poem from the Poetry Contest at Prince Koresada’s house.
秋なれば山とよむまでなく鹿に我おとらめやひとり寝る夜は
aki nareba When the autumn comes
Anonymous
Temples 寺
木の葉ちり鹿なく秋の山寺はいりあひのかねの音ぞさびしき
ko no ha chiri Leaves scattering from the trees, and
Higo
Composed as a poem on deer.
山ざとのあか月がたの鹿のねは夜半のあはれのかぎりなりけり
yamazato no In a mountain hut
Jien
Left (Tie)
kono koro no
Of late
A Servant Girl
Right
kurekakaru
Twilight
Nobusada
Left and Right together: we find no faults to mention.
In judgement: it would be impossible to ever exhaust the overtones of feeling in ‘a stag belling in the meadow on an autumn evening’ (shika naku nobe no aki no yūgure ) in the Left’s poem; in the Right’s poem the configuration and conception of ‘awaiting him, my sleeves, too, are wet with tears’ (hito matsu sode mo namida sou nari ) is richly evocative. I find it extremely hard to put both poems down, so this round, again, is a tie of quality.
Composed when there was much disturbance in the world.
朝な朝な鹿の柵む萩がえの末葉の露のありがたのよや
asana asana
Every morning
Zōki
On blossom.
奥山に棲むといふ鹿の夕さらず妻どふ萩の散らまく惜しも
wokuyama ni
Deep within the mountains
秋深み物哀れなる黄昏に小倉の山に鹿ぞ鳴くなる
aki Fukami
The depths of autumn
Ei’en
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