Round Seven
Left (Tie)
色色にそむる紅葉に立田姫心のほどのみえもするかな
iroiro ni somuru momiji ni tatsutahime kokoro no hodo no mie mo suru kana In the multitude of shades
Sadanaga
Right
いろいろにとり染めてけり立田姫はしむらごなる衣手の杜
iroiro ni torisometekeri tatsutahime hashi muragonaru koromode no mori In a multitude of shades
Lord Suetsune
The Left has nothing remarkable about it, and its ending is old-fashioned, I think. The Right, too, seems to be in the eccentric style, and so it’s impossible for me to say anything else about either of them.
Composed when he presented a Hundred Poem Sequence to former Emperor Sutoku.
たつたひめかざしのたまのををよわみみだれにけりとみゆるしらつゆ
tatutaFime Princess Tatsuta’s
Lord Fujiwara no Kiyosuke
あきかぜにすむよもぎふのかれゆけばこゑのことごとむしぞなくなる
akikaze ni sumu yomogyū no kareyukeba koe no kotogoto mushi zo nakunaru With the autumn wind,
45
みるごとにあきにもあるかたつたひめもみぢそむとや山はきるらん[1]
miru goto ni aki ni mo aru ka tatsutahime momiji somu to ya yama wa kiruran Each time I see her
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[1] This poem occurs in Kokin rokujō (648); and also in Tomonori-shū (27), suggesting that it may be by Ki no Tomonori.
山ざとは秋こそものはかなしけれねざめねざめにしかはなきつつ
yamazato wa aki koso mono wa kanashikere nezame nezame ni shika wa nakitsutsu A mountain retreat in
29
ことのねをかぜのしらべにまかせてはたつたひめこそあきはひくらし
koto no ne o kaze no shirabe ni makasete wa tatsustahime koso aki wa hikurashi A zither’s strains
30
Round One
Left
山だもるあきのかりほにおく露はいなおほせどりのなみだなりけり
yamada moru aki no kariho ni oku tsuyu wa inaosedori no namida narikeri Warding mountain fields, in
Tadamine
Right
たつたひめいかなるかみにあればかは山をちくさにあきはそむらん
tatsutahime ika naru kami ni areba ka wa yama o chikusa ni aki wa somuran Princess Tatsuta:
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From the Poetry Contest at Prince Koresada’s House.
松の音に風のしらべをまかせては竜田姫こそ秋はひくらし
matu no ne ni Sighing through the pines
Mibu no Tadamine
竜田姫花の錦の唐衣をいそぐか虫のよるもはたおる
tatsutahime
Princess Tatsuta
Fujiwara no Takasue
龍田姫花の白木綿とりしでて今日や御室に風祭りする
tatsutahime
The Princess of Tatsuta,
Kenshō
'Simply moving and elegant'
