Left (Tie)
ふるさとにかすみとびわけゆくかりはたびのそらにやはるをすぐらむ
furusato ni kasumi tobiwake yuku kari wa tabi no sora ni ya haru o suguramu Above an ancient estate
Mitsune
19
Right
ちるはなをぬきしとめねばあをやぎのいとはよるともかひやなからむ
chiru hana o nukishi tomeneba aoyagi no ito wa yoru tomo kai ya nakaramu The scattered blossom
20
‘“Sewn but not halted”—it really does seem so.’
客尓為而 妻恋為良思 霍公鳥 神名備山尓 左夜深而鳴
旅にして妻恋すらし霍公鳥神なび山にさ夜更けて鳴く
tabi ni site On your journey
Anonymous
On ‘Love and Travel’ at the Sumiyoshi Shrine Poetry Contest in Jōgen 2 [1209].
いかにせんせめては旅の空だのめむなしくまたん夕暮もがな
ika ni sen O, what am I to do?
Iehira, Junior Third Rank
Geese
わがせこがたびのころもをうちはへてまつかりがねのいまもなかなむ
wa ga seko ga My darling man’s
Korenari
Right
わぎもこがかけてまつらんたまづさとかきつらねたるはつかりのこゑ
wagimoko ga My darling girl
10
Left
akenu ma ni
Before the dawn no
17
Right (Win)
miyama idete
Emerging from the mountains’ depths
18
取りすがる恋の奴に慕はれて立ち止まりぬる旅衣かな
torisugaru
Trailing after comes,
Shun’e
泉川渡り瀬深み我が背子が旅行き衣ひづちなむかも
idumigapa
Upon the River Izumi,
Left (Win).
tabinesuru
When sleeping on my travels
Lord Ari’ie
Right.
madoromanu
Unable to even doze
Lord Takanobu
The Right state: the Left’s poem seems fine. The Left state: we find no faults to mention.
In judgement: the Right’s ‘the path of dreams gets more distant’ (yumeji mo tōki ) sounds elegant, but the Left’s poem has already been assessed as ‘fine’ in the comments by the gentlemen of the Right. This round I will leave the judgement in their hands and make the Left the winner.
On frogs.
草枕旅に物思ひ我が聞けば夕かたまけて鳴くかはづかも
kusa makura
Pillowed on the grass,
Anonymous
千鳥鳴く与謝のうら浦風心せよ都恋しき旅の寝覚に
chidori naku
Plovers’ cries
Fujiwara no Takanobu
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