Plum Blossom
Left (Win)
そきとほくさらにはいでてかづきてむめのはなびきてうちよせよなみ
| soki tōku sara ni wa idete kazukitemu me no ha nabikite uchiyoseyo nami | In the utmost distance, Already you emerge— As I dive beneath the surface where The seaweed fronds drift back and forth, Draw closer, o, waves! |
Tsurayuki
5
Right
かぜふかばいざうらごとにいでてみむめのはなびきてなみによるやと
| kaze fukaba iza uragoto ni idete mimu me no ha nabikite nami ni yoru ya to | If the wind does blow, I wonder, to every shore Should I go out to see The seaweed fronds drifting back and forth As the waves draw near? |
Sadafun
6
Left
住吉のきしによる波夜さへや夢のかよひ路人めよくらむ
| sumiyoshi no kishi ni yoru nami yoru sae ya yume no kayoiji hitome yokuramu | On Sumiyoshi’s Shore break waves; Even at night Upon the path of dreams Can we avoid others’ prying eyes? |
186
Right
夕附夜おぼろに人を見てしより天雲はれぬ心地こそすれ
| yūzukuyo oboro ni hito o miteshi yori amagumo harenu kokochi koso sure | On a moonlit evening Faintly, a lady Did I see, and ever since Heaven’s clouds, unclearing, Weigh on my feelings… |
187
Left
浦ちかくふり来る雪は白波の末の松山こすかとぞ見る
| ura chikaku furikuru yuki wa shiranami no sue no matsuyama kosu ka to zo miru | Close by the shore The snow floats in; “Would the whitecaps, Over Sue-no-Matsuyama Break?” come to mind.[1] |
Okikaze
143[2]
Right Some texts of the contest have no surviving poem for the Right this round, while some others repeat poem No. 122.
[1] A reference to: 君をおきてあだし心を我がもたば末の松山波もこえなん kimi o okite / adashi kokoro o / wa ga motaba / sue no matsuyama / nami mo koenan ‘To abandon you / An inconstant heart / Would I have, but sooner / Over Sue-no-Matsuyama / Would waves break!’ Anonymous (Kokinshū XX: 1093).
[2] Kokinshū VI: 326/Shūishū IV: 239, attributed to Hitomaro/Kokin rokujō I: 717.
A wave of chill in the heart due to snow (依雪波心寒)
Left
わだづもにふるしら雪は消えながら波の心にさむさをぞそむ
| wadadumi ni furu sirayuki Fa kienagara nami no kokoro ni samusa wo zo somu | Across the broad sea sweep Falls white snow; It vanishes, yet The waves’ hearts are Dyed with cold. |
10
Right (Win)
ふる雪に波の心もさむからし風とかくれやへたにだによる
| furu yuki ni nami no kokoro mo samukarashi kaze to kakure ya Feta ni dani yoru | With the falling snow The waves’ hearts, too, Must be so cold; Do they hide from the wind Rushing to the shore? |
11[1]
[1]Minor variants on these poems appear in Fubokushō (XVIII: 7269) and (XVIII: 7268).