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うの花のさけるかきねはみちのくのまがきのしまの浪かとぞ見る
unoFana no The deutzia
Anonymous
春秋はかはり行くともわたつ海のなかなる島の松ぞ久しき
haru aki wa kawariyuku tomo watatsumi no nakanaru shima no matsu zo hisashiki The springs and autumns
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和我伊能知乎 奈我刀能之麻能 小松原 伊久与乎倍弖加 可武佐備和多流
わがいのちを ながとのしまの こまつばら いくよをへてか かむさびわたる
wa ga inocti My life!
Anonymous
おきつ島うのすむ石による波のまなく物おもふわれぞかなしき
oki tsu shima u no sumu ishi ni yoru nami no manaku mono’omou ware zo kanashiki On the offshore islands
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A poem by Kamō, the dancing girl.
雪嶋 巌尓殖有 奈泥之故波 千世尓開奴可 君之挿頭
ゆきのしま いはほにうゑたる なでしこは ちよにさかぬか きみがかざしに
yuki no sima Snow lies heavy on the garden’s
Composed on plovers on the road to the barrier.
淡路島かよふちどりのなくこゑにいく夜ねざめぬ須磨の関守
awajishima To Awaji Isle
Minamoto no Kanemasa
Cathay Folk 唐人
おしてるやちへの白波わけしのぎわがしき島にいかできつらん
oshiteru ya Sparkling are
Nakazane
Left (Tie)
mi o sutete
‘Abandon all restraint, and
Kenshō
Right
morokoshi no
In Cathay,
Jakuren
Left and Right together: both tigers do not seem to emphasise anything in particular.
In judgement: both poems refer to ‘tigers’ (tora ), with the Left having ‘a valley where tigers lie’ (tora fusu tani ) and the Right ‘isles where tigers lie’ (tora fusu shima ). These seem to be an attempt to differ from the standard ‘meadow’ (nobe ). Saying ‘valley’ or ‘isles’ makes both poems sound modern. They are of the same quality.
難波潟鶴ぞ鳴くなるこれやこの田蓑の島のわたりなるらむ
naniFagata
At the shore of Naniwa
Minamoto no Moroyori
Rarely Visited Love
干る塩のとどみならずは八十島に絶えまがちなる浦みせましや
Firu siFo no
Salt drying
Minamoto no Toshiyori
'Simply moving and elegant'
