Composed on the figure of a person waiting at the foot of a chrysanthemum.
花見つつ人待つときは白栲の袖かとのみぞあやまたれける
| Fana mitutu Fito matu toki Fa shirotaFe no sode ka to nomi zo ayamatarekeru |
While gazing at the blooms, Awaiting his arrival, Simply for white mulberry Sleeves have I Mistaken them… |
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Left.
人心さのみはいかゞ水無瀬川我には淺き契なるらむ
| hito kokoro sa nomi wa ikaga minasegawa ware ni wa asaki chigiri naruramu |
Her heart Is just like it; why as The Minase River So shallow for me Should her feelings be? |
Lord Suetsune
993
Right (Win).
いかにして影をも見まし澤田河袖つくほどの契りなりとも
| ika ni shite kage o mo mimashi sawadagawa sode tsuku hodo no chigiri naritomo |
No matter what I would see her face in The River Sawada, Even if my sleeves get drenched By my feelings… |
Ietaka.
994
Both Left and Right together state: there are no faults to indicate.
In judgement: using ‘the Minase River’ (minasegawa) preceded by ‘is just like it; why as’ (sa nomi wa ika ni) sounds charming in style, but ‘should her feelings be?’ (chigiri naruramu) means the end of the poem is a bit dry! ‘The River Sawada, even if my sleeves get drenched’ (sawadagawa sode tsuku hodo no) sounds pleasant. Thus, the Right wins.
Left.
つれなしと人をぞさらに思ひ河逢ふ瀬を知らぬ身を恨ても
| tsurenashi to hito o zo sara ni omoigawa ause o shiranu mi o uramitemo |
How cruel She is, I ever feel, My thoughts a river; No rushed meetings between us – I hate myself for that, and yet… |
Lord Kanemune
991
Right (Win).
遥なる程とぞ聞し衣川かた敷く袖の名こそ有けれ
| harukanaru hodo to zo kikishi koromogawa katashiku sode no na koso arikere |
Far, far away Lies, I have heard, The River Robe: For my single spread sleeve How apt that name is! |
Lord Takanobu
992
The Right state: we find the Left’s poem unconvincing. The Left state: the Right’s poem lacks any faults.
In judgement: in the Left’s poem, ‘my thoughts a river’ (omoigawa) is certainly not unconvincing. The latter section of the Right’s poem sounds fine. It should win.
Composed on the conception of Love and Stones.
我が袖は潮干に見えぬ沖の石の人こそ知らねかわく間ぞなき
| wa ga sode Fa siFoFi ni mienu oki no isi no Fito koso sirane kaFaku ma zo naki |
My sleeves are As unseen low-tide Stones in the offing, Unknown to all They have not a moment dry. |
Sanuki, from the Nijō Palace
二条院讃岐
In return.
何にかは袖の濡るらん白浪の名残有りげも見えぬ心を
| nani ni ka Fa sode no nururan siranami no nagori arige mo mienu kokoro wo |
For what Should my sleeves seem so wet? The whitecaps Must have left a keepsake Unseen, in my heart… |
Taiyu
大輔
Left (Win).
恋ひわびて片敷く袖はかへせどもいつかは妹が夢に見えける
| koFiwabite katasiku sode Fa kaFesedomo itu ka Fa imo ga yume ni miekeru |
Tortured with love My single spread sleeve I do reverse, yet When will my darling Appear in my dreams? |
The Holy Teacher 闍梨
[Ryūgen 隆源]
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Right.
我が心ときぞともなく乱るれど日だに暮るれば恋ひ添はりけり
| wa ga kokoro toki zo tomonaku midaruredo Fi dani kurureba koFisoFarikeri |
My heart With every passing hour Is more distraught, yet Even when the day does dim Love is my companion. |
Bichū 備中
[Minamoto no Nakazane 源仲実]
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A poem composed when the officials of the government headquarters in Dazai had visited the palace at Kashii, and halted their mounts on the shore at Kashii on the way home, in the winter, Eleventh Month, Jinki 5 [729].
いざ子ども香椎の潟に白栲の袖さへ濡れて朝菜摘みてむ
| iza kodomo kasipi no kata ni sirotape no sode sape nurete asana tumitemu |
Hey, fellows all! On the tidelands of Kashii Even white mulberry Sleeves are soaked, so Let’s gather greens for breakfast! |
Ōtomo no Tabito
大伴旅人
When he drew the topic of dew, when people were composing poetry on randomly selected topics at the residence of the Minister of the Left.
我ならぬ草葉もものは思ひけり袖より外におけるしらつゆ
| aFare naranu kusaba mo mono Fa omoFikeri sode yori Foka ni okeru siratuyu |
Not only I, but All the grassy leaves Are sunk in gloomy thought For in places other than my sleeves Fall silver dewdrops. |
Fujiwara no Tadakuni
藤原忠国
君恋ふと霜と我が身のなりぬれは袖の雫ぞ冴えまさりける
| kimi koFu to simo to wa ga mi no narinureba sode no siduku zo saFe masarikeru |
I love you, so As frost have I Become, so The droplets on my sleeves Are most exceeding chill… |
Topic unknown.
包めども泪に袖のあらはれて恋すと人に知られぬる哉
| tutumedomo namida ni sode no araFarete koFisu to Fito ni sirarenuru kana |
Wrapped in them I may be, yet Upon my sleeves tears Have appeared, and That I am in love have to her Revealed! |
The Nakanoin Minister of the Right 中院右大臣
[Minamoto no Masasada 源雅定]