Composed on the conception of leaves falling in the rain.
木の葉散る宿は聞き分くかたぞなき時雨する夜も時雨せぬ夜も
| ko no Fa chiru yado Fa kikiwaku kata zo naki siguresuru yo mo siguresenu yo mo | Leaves falling from the trees At my house: listening, I Have no way to tell between Nights when showers fall, and Nights when showers fall not… |
Minamoto no Yorizane
しぐれの雨木の葉ばかりを染めくればかづきし袖は色もかはらず
| shigure no ame ko no ha bakari o somekureba kazukishi sode wa iro mo kawarazu | Showers of rain Simply, the trees’ leaves Do dye, so My drenched sleeves Hue remains unchanged. |
Ryūgen
木の葉のみちるかとおもひし時雨には涙もあへぬ物にぞ有りける
| ko no ha nomi chiru ka to omoishi shigure ni wa namida mo aenu mono ni zo arikeru | ‘Do the trees’ leaves simply Fall?’ I wondered; The showers Fail to match my tears At the thought. |
Toshiyori
Topic unknown.
神な月時雨とともにかみなびのもりのこのははふりにこそふれ
| kaminazuki shigure to tomo ni kaminabi no mori no ko no ha wa furini koso fure | In the Godless Month Together with the showers In the sacred Groves the leaves from the trees Have truly fallen, every one. |
Anonymous
Winter
Left
冬くれば紅葉ふりしく神無月佐保の山辺はむべもりぬらん
| fuyu kureba momiji furishiku kaminazuki saho no yamabe wa mube morinuran | When the winter comes, Scarlet leaves, falling and scattering In the Godless Month, Upon the slopes of Mount Saho, Indeed, are at their finest. |
19
冬ごもりかれてみゆらん梅がえは今はた花の春はにほはん
| fuyugomori karete miyuran ume ga e wa ima hata hana no haru wa niowan | Sealed in winter, and All withered seeming, The plum tree’s branches, Now, for sure, the blossoms’ Spring will scent. |
20
冬みれば水もまかせぬ小山田にいつすき返し種をまきけん
| fuyu mireba mizu mo makasenu oyamada ni itsu sukikaeshi tane o makiken | ‘Tis winter, I see, so There’s no water to draw for The little mountain paddies: O, when might I till them, and Sow my seeds, I wonder? |
21
Right
時雨降る宿にすまへば冬の夜に錦とみゆる木木の花かな
| shigure furu yado ni sumaeba fuyu no yo ni nishiki to miyuru kigi no hana kana | Showers fall Upon the house where I do dwell, so Upon a winter’s night As brocade do seem The blossoming trees! |
22
ゆふだすき神の社にかけつればしもし降るにもたのもしきかな
| yūdasuki kami no yashiro ni kaketsureba shimo shi furu ni mo tanomashiki kana | Sacred mulberry cords Around the God’s shrine Are hung, so Even amidst the frost fall, The future does seem bright! |
23
白雲のふたへふりしくときは山うらはへとしはみどりなりけれ
| shiragumo no futae furishiku tokiwa yama ura hae toshi wa midori narikere | Clouds of white Lie scattered, twofold, upon The unchanging mountain: Stretching out behind, the year Is simply green. |
24
At a time when he produced a Hundred Poem Sequence, His Majesty composed this as a poem on orange blossoms.
五月雨にはなたちばなのかをる夜は月すむ秋もさもあらばあれ
| samidare ni hanatachibana no kaoru yo wa tsuki sumu aki mo sa mo araba are | Early summer showers fall, and Orange blossom Scents the night; The clear, bright moon of autumn Hardly seems to match it… |
Emperor Sutoku
Falling Leaves
ぬれ色のにしきを庭にしく物はしぐれにきほふもみぢなりけり
| nure’iro no nishiki o niwa ni shiku mono wa shigure ni kiou momiji narikeri | Damp dark the hues Of brocade upon the grounds: Spread by A struggle with the showers Are scarlet leaves. |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
Ivy
秋霧の竜田の紅葉色深く時雨染めてやはひもさすらん
| akigiri no tatsuta no momiji iro fukaku shigure somete ya hai mo sasuran | In the autumn mists At Tatsuta are the ivy’s scarlet: Hues, deeply By the showers stained? Trailing, does it seem to stretch. |
Daishin,Lady-in-Waiting from the Rokujō Palace
六条院女房大進
Round Four: Showers
Left (Win – Mototoshi)
水鳥の青葉の山やいかならん梢をそむる今朝のしぐれに
| midutori no awoba no yama ya ikanaran kozuwe wo somuru kesa no sigure ni | Waterbird Aoba Mountain – What is to become of you? Your treetops dyed By this morning’s drizzle… |
Lord Akinaka
7
Right (Win – Toshinari)
かき曇り海人の小舟に吹く苫の下透るまで時雨しにけり
| kakikumori ama no wobune ni Fuku toma no sita toForu made siguresinikeri | Clouds claw in and, Upon the fisherfolk’s tiny boats Do blow; until from the thatch, Right through to beneath, Do the showers fall… |
Lord Michitsune
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Toshinari states: to follow ‘waterbird Aoba Mountain’ (midutori no awoba no yama) with ‘treetops dyed’ (kozuwe wo somuru) is blatantly obvious; in the following poem, while referring to ‘fisherfolk’s tiny boats’ (ama no wobune) is stylistically unexpected, it is not a fault, so I feel it should win.
Mototoshi states: referring to ‘waterbird Aoba Mountain’ (midutori no awoba no yama) is extremely old-fashioned, but the poem of the Right has ‘clouds claw in and, upon the fisherfolks’ tiny boats do blow; until the thatch’ (kakikumori ama no wobune ni fuku toma), which are not things on which spring or summer showers fall, so there is no linking sense with ‘right through to beneath’ (sita toForu made). Thus, I must conclude that showers which dye the treetops is slightly superior.
[One of] four poems from the province of Etchū.
弥彦おのれ神さび青雲のたなびく日すら小雨そほ降る
| iyapiko wonore kamusabi awokumo no tanabiku pi sura kosame sopopuru |
O, Iyahiko! Your very form fills me with awe: Clouds of grey Trail round by day – even then Showers drizzle down… |