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Daikōtaigōgū daijin kiyosuke-ason ke uta’awase 34

Round Thirty-Four

Left

世のうさに秋の心のふかければおつる涙ももみぢしにけり

yo no usa ni
aki no kokoro no
fukakereba
otsuru namida mo
momijishinikeri
With the cruelty of this world,
In autumn, my heart is full
Down to its depths, so
Even my dripping tears
Have turned to scarlet hues.

Iemoto
67

Right (Win)

おもひでも又待つ事もなけれどもさすがに世こそすてもやられね

omoide mo
mata matsu koto mo
nakeredomo
sasuga ni yo koso
sute mo yararene
If I recall
I still to await
Have nothing at all, yet
Even so, indeed, this world
I am not ready to abandon!

Yūsei
68

Neither has anything wrong with it, yet the Right is superior.

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Round Twenty-Eight

Left

わぎもこをかたまつよひの秋風はをぎのうはばをよきてふかなん

wagimoko o
kata matsu yoi no
akikaze wa
ogi no uwaba o
yokite fukanan
For my darling girl
I wait filled with longing, tonight
I would the autumn wind
The cogon grass fronds
Pass by in its blowing!

Shun’e
55

Right (Win)

朝夕におつる涙や恋草のしげみにすがる露と成るらん

asayū ni
otsuru namida ya
koigusa no
shigemi ni sugaru
tsuyu to naruran
Morn and eve
My falling tears to
Love’s grasses
Lush do cling and
Turn to dewdrops.

Atsuyori
56

The Right poem’s use of diction and expression has nothing wrong with it and is entirely appropriate.

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Round Sixteen

The Moon

Left (Tie)

今よりはふけ行くまでに月はみしその事となく涙おちけり

ima yori wa
fukeyuku made ni
tsuki wa mishi
sono koto to naku
namida ochikeri
From now
Until it set,
Did I gaze upon the moon
Had it not been there, then
Would have my tears fell.

Lord Kiyosuke
31

Right

待つ人のこぬもおもへばつらからずねなばこよひの月をみましや

matsu hito no
konu mo omoeba
tsurakarazu
nenaba koyoi no
tsuki o mimashi ya
The man I await
Has failed to come, I think, but
I’ll not be downcast, for
Had I to bed tonight
Would I have gazed upon the moon?

Kūnin
32

Both have deep feeling—it really is impossible to distinguish them.

Daikōtaigōgū daijin kiyosuke-ason ke uta’awase 01

Warblers

Round One

Left (Tie)

鶯のなく木の本にふる雪はは風に花のちるかとぞみる

uguisu no
naku ki no moto ni
furu yuki wa
hakaze ni hana no
chiru ka to zo miru
The warbler
Sings from in a tree, its roots
Covered by falling snow;
Breeze stirred by its wingbeats, blossom
Does seem to scatter.

Lord Kiyosuke
1

Right

うぐひすのなきて木づたふ梅がえにこぼるる露や涙なるらん

uguisu no
nakite kozutau
ume ga e ni
koboruru tsuyu ya
namida naruran
The warbler
Crying flits from
Branch to plum branch;
Has the dripping dew
His tears, perhaps, become?

Shun’e
2

Both Left and Right proceed smoothly, but what are we to make of the line ‘Crying flits’ in the Right’s poem? As this is also an expression which implies that dew is falling, these should tie.

SKKS XVI: 1491

When the moon was shining brightly, when a shower-filled sky had cleared.

五月雨の空だにすめる月影に涙の雨ははるるまもなし

samidare no
sora dani sumeru
tsukikage ni
namida no ame wa
haruru ma mo nashi
Showers filled
The sky, yet even they end with bright
Moonlight, yet
The rainfall of my tears
Clears for not a moment.

Akazome Emon

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