Composed on plovers.
沖つ潮指出の磯の浜千鳥風寒からし夜半に友呼ぶ
| oki tsu shio sashide no iso no hama chidori kaze samukarashi yowa ni tomo yobu | From the offing the tides Strike the shore at Sashide; On the beach plovers, Chilled by the wind Call for their mates at midnight. |
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor [Fujiwara no] Nagakata (1139-1191)
藤原長方
Lakes 水海
近江の海みちくるしほもなきものをたれからさきといひ初めけん
| ōmi no umi michikuru shio mo naki mono o tare karasaki to iihajimeken | The sea at Ōmi Swelling tides Does lack, so Who was that to Karasaki – a pointless point – Did first give the name, I wonder? |
Tadafusa
From the beach at Ajiro in Ise.
磯に咲く網代の小菊汐間は玉とぞ求めむ波の下草
| iso ni saku aziro no wogiku shiFokaFi Fa tama to zo tomemu nami no sitagusa |
Blooming on the rocks Ajiro’s tiny chrysanths Between the tides are Gems that I would seek, Weeds beneath the waves… |
9
Left (Tie).
雲井まで續きて見ゆわたつ海の行衛知られぬ物思かな
| kumoi made tsuzukite miyu wata tsu umi no yukue shirarenu mono’omoi kana |
Beyond the clouds My gaze goes on and on; The endless sea: What lies beyond is unknown As my gloomy thoughts… |
Lord Suetsune.
979
Right.
伊勢の海の潮瀬にさはぐさざれ石の砕けて物を思ふ比かな
| ise no umi no shiose ni sawagu sazare’ishi no kudakete mono o omou koro kana |
The sea at Ise: Raging rapids with the tides, Where pebbles Shatter, gloom Filling my thoughts these days… |
Ietaka.
980
The Right state: the Left’s poem is clichéd. The Left state: the Right’s poem is that of Shigeyuki.
In judgement: the Left’s poem is clichéd, but in addition to this uses ‘goes on and on’ (tsuzukite), which is not something one should say. The Right’s poem is, indeed, overly close to Shigeyuki’s, so both Left and Right poem are deficient and lacking in any element allowing a win.
For a screen in Lord Kōtoku’s house.
潮みてるほどに行きかふ旅人や浜名の橋と名づけそめけん
| siFo miteru Fodo ni yuki kaFu tabibito ya Famana no Fasi to nadukesomeken |
When the tides arise Coming and going Do the travellers The bridge at Hamana has no beach Begin to say? |
Kanemori
兼盛