Left.
行方無き秋の思ひぞせかれぬる村雨なびく雲の遠方
yukue naki
My endless
Lord Sada’ie .
363
Right.
日に添へて秋の涼しさ集ふ也時雨はまだし夕暮の雨
hi ni soete
With the setting of the sun
Nobusada .
364
The Right complain that the Left’s ‘far-off clouds’ (kumo no ochikata ) is ‘difficult to understand’. The Left initially query the meaning of madashi , and then say it’s ‘not a good expression’.
Shunzei states, ‘The gentlemen of the Right have stated that “far-off clouds” is difficult to grasp, and this is certainly the case. Moreover, it is difficult to determine the voice of the speaker here. Madashi is unproblematic. It’s usual sense in poetry is “not yet” – as can be seen from the Kokinshu’s “were I to hear words yet unspoken ”. The final section of the Right’s poem is particularly charming. It must win.’
Left (Tie).
うつろはむ色をかぎりに三室山時雨もしらぬ世を頼むかな
utsurowamu
The fading
127
Right (Tie).
消えわびぬうつろふ人の秋の色に身をこがらしの杜の下露
kiewabinumi o kogarashi no shimotsuyu
Fading and gone am I!
128
Left (Tie).
冬きては一夜二夜を玉ざゝの葉分の霜の所せきまで
fuyu kite wa
Winter has been here
81
Right
晴曇おなじながめのたのみだに時雨にたゆる遠の里人
harekumoru
The clear sky clouding over,
82
From the Minase 15 Love Poem Poetry Contest.
ふりにけり時雨は袖に秋かけていひしばかりをまつとせしまに
furinikeri
Time has passed and fallen are
The Daughter of Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
Topic unknown.
あきしのやと山のさとやしぐるらんいこまのたけに雲のかゝれる
akishino ya
In Akishino
The Monk Saigyō
Topic unknown.
月をまつたかねの雲ははれにけり心あるべきはつしぐれかな
tsuki o matsu
Awaiting the moon
The Monk Saigyō
When he presented a fifty poem sequence.
むらさめのつゆもまだひぬまきの葉にきりたちのぼる秋の夕ぐれ
murasame no
A sudden shower’s
The Monk Jakuren
From a hundred poem sequence.
ゆふだちの雲もとまらぬ夏の日のかたぶく山にひぐらしのこゑ
yūdachi no
Shower-filled clouds
Princess Shokushi
Composed on the conception of longing for intervening clouds.
とをちにはゆふだちすらしひさかたのあまのかぐ山くもがくれゆく
tōchi ni wa Upon the estate of Tōchi
Minamoto no Toshiyori
Composed on the spirit of Spring Rain, when hundred-poem sequences were presented during the reign of Retired Emperor Horikawa (1079-1107; r. 1086-1107).
春雨のふりそめしより片岡の裾野の原ぞあさみどりなる
Farusame no
Since a spring showerKataoka ,
Fujiwara no Mototoshi
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