Round Nine: Quiet thoughts at Tanabata
Left
八重葎しげる軒ばをかき分けて星合の空をながめつるかな
yae mugura shigeru nokiba o kakiwakete hoshiai no sora o nagametsuru kana Eightfold thickets
Taira no Sadatsugu[1]
Right
七夕のあふよの程は思ひやる心さへこそ空にすみけれ
tanabata no au yo no hodo wa omoiyaru kokoro sae koso sora ni sumikere Tanabata is
Fujiwara no Kaneyuki[2]
[1] Taira no Sadatsugu 平貞継. The identity of this individual is unclear. This poem is his sole appearance in a poetry contest.
[2] 藤原兼行
たなばたのゆきあふあきとなるごとにわすれがたきはすずむしのこゑ
tanabata no yukiau aki to naru goto ni wasuregataki wa suzumushi no koe With Tanabata’s
Lord Tomonori, Governor of Kaga
たなばたに心をかくるこよひさへあかずきこゆるすずむしのこゑ
tanabata ni kokoro o kakuru koyoi sae akazu kikoyuru suzumushi no koe At Tanabata
Lady Shōjō
Waterfalls 滝
たなばたのおりながしたる布なれや空よりおつる滝の気色は
tanabata no Has the Weaver Maid
Toshiyori
七夕を祀る心はひとつにて願ひの糸は自が筋筋
tanabata o
At Tanabata ,
Minamoto no Yorimasa
七夕のなかの緒を絶えぬ秋ごとに逢ふ言の葉ぞ奉りつる
tanabata no
The Weaver Maid’s
百草の花のけぶりや七夕の雲の衣の袖に染むらむ
momokusa no
Are all the grasses
Fujiwara no Shunzei
On the 21st day of the Fifth Month Tenroku 4 [973], former emperor En’yū, who was then the sovereign, visited the Princess of the First Order [Shishi 資子] and, following a loss at a game with go counters, on the 7th day of the Seventh Month, the Princess had a fan wrapped in thin cloth and presented to the imperial pantry.
天の川河辺涼しき七夕に扇の風を猶やかさまし
ama no kaFa
On the River of Heaven’s
Nakatsukasa
This poem is also Wakan rōeishū 201.
Left (Win).
天川秋の七日を眺めつゝ雲のよそにも思ひけるかな
ama no kawa no
On the River of Heaven, in
Lord Ari’ie .
735
Right.
かゝりける契ならずは七夕の心のほどをいかで知らまし
kakarikeru
If such
Ietaka .
736
Both Left and Right state: we find no faults to mention, other than the old-fashioned nature of this poem
In judgement: the Left’s poem seems to sound well. It should win.
On the Seventh Day of the Seventh Month, on the feelings of the Weaver Maid at parting:
別るれど待ては頼もしたなばたのこのよに逢はぬ仲をいかにせむ
wakaruredo
Though they must part
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