Her reply.
下紐のしるしとするも解けなくに語るがごとはあらずもある哉
| sitaFimo no sirusi to suru mo tokenaku ni kataru ga goto Fa arazu mo aru kana | If my underbelt Should be a sign, then Its unloosened state reveals That your tale Has no truth in it! |
Anonymous
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SZS XIX: 1211
Composed when he was on a pilgrimage to worship Kannon at thirty-three places, and saw oil emerging at Tanigumi, in Mino.[1]
よをてらすほとけのしるしありければまだともし火もきえぬなりけり
| yo wo terasu Fotoke no sirusi arikereba mada tomosibi mo kienu narikeri | Shining light upon the world, This Buddha, a sign Does give: As yet, the lanterns Never have gone out! |
Former Archbishop Kakuchū
前大僧正覚忠
[1] This poem was composed at the Kegonji 華厳寺 temple on Mount Tagumi (Tagumisan 谷汲山) in the middle of what is now Gifu 岐阜 prefecture.
MYS II: 115
A poem sent by Princess Tajima, when Prince Hozumi was despatched to the Shiga mountain temple in Ōmi, by imperial command.
遺居<而> 戀管不有者 追及武 道之阿廻尓 標結吾勢
後れ居て恋ひつつあらずは追ひ及かむ道の隈廻に標結へ我が背
| okure’wite koitutu arazu pa opisikamu miti no kumami ni sime yupe wa ga se | Left behind and Ever in love, am I not, so I shall follow you; At every turn along your road Leave me tied a sign, o, darling. |
MYS X: 2007
Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 72
Left
霜のうへに跡ふみつくる浜千鳥行へもなしと鳴きのみぞふる
| shimo no ue ni ato fumitsukuru hamachidori yukue mo nashi to naki nomi zo suru | Upon the frost Treading out tracks are Plovers on the beach; With no place to go, They simply sing! |
Okikaze
141
Right
なみだ川みなぐばかりの淵はあれど氷とけねばかげもやどらぬ
| namidagawa mi nagu bakari no fuchi wa aredo kōri tokeneba kage mo yadoranu | My river of tears, Is fit to drown me in It’s depths, yet Should the ice not melt, No sign will linger on… |
142
Fubokushō V: 1682
Eikyū hyakushu 689
Eikyū hyakushu 463
Eikyū hyakushu 14
Love VIII: 25
Left
起きもゐで年ふる戀はをのづから常世の神やしるし見すべき
| oki mo ide toshi furu koi wa onozukara tokoyo no kami ya shirushi misubeki |
Unable to arise From love these many years, May I By the eternal gods Be shown a sign! |
Kenshō
1069
Right (Win)
獨臥すながながし夜のかなしきを語らひあかすきりぎりす哉
| hitori fusu naganagashi yo no kanashiki o katarai akasu kirigirisu kana |
Lying alone, So long, long the night’s Sorrow; Lightening it with chatter Are the crickets! |
The Supernumerary Master of the Empress’ Household Office
1070
The Gentlemen of the Right state: what is the meaning of ‘the eternal gods’ (toko no kami). In appeal, the Left: in the Chronicles of Japan, insects are worshipped under the name of ‘the eternal gods’ and made to seem like men. The Left state: what can an insect chatter about?
In judgement: in regard to the Left’s poem, while it is true that insects were worshipped, a poem on ‘Love and Insects’ with no insect is lacking something from the start. This poem would seem to be more a case of ‘Love and Prayers’. Thus, this is nothing enduring. A prior example has been contrived, but this is ineffective. It does not seem as if this insect’s nature has any relation to the topic. The Right’s poem has a commonplace cricket. Where is the fault in having it lighten one’s mood with chatter? Thus, the Right must win.