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Daikōtaigōgū daijin kiyosuke-ason ke uta’awase 28

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.

Dairi kiku awase 03

わぎもこがひもゆふぐれのきくなればあかずぞはなのいろはみえける

wagimoko ga
hi mo yūgure no
kiku nareba
akazu zo hana no
iro wa miekeru
My darling girl
Both day and eve is
As a chrysanthemum, so
Never sated am I with this flower’s
Hues I see.

Korenori
5

きくのはなふゆののかぜにちりもせでけふまでとてやしもはおくらん

kiku no hana
fuyu no kaze ni
chiri mo sede
kyō made tote ya
shimo wa okuran
Chrysanthemum blooms
In the winter wind
Scatter not;
Is it that up to today is when
Frost is said to fall?

Korenori
6

かげさへやこよひはにほふきくのはなあまてるつきにかのそはるらん

kage sae ya
koyoi wa niou
kiku no hana
ama teru tsuki ni
ka no sowaruran
Even their shape
Fills tonight with a scented glow; Chrysanthemum blooms
To the heaven-shining moon
Seem to add their fragrance.

Korenori
7

Daikōtaigōgū daijin kiyosuke-ason ke uta’awase 16

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 11

Round Eleven

Tanabata

Left (Win)

七夕はたえぬ契りをうれしともこよひばかりやおもひしるらん

tanabata wa
taenu chigiri o
ureshi tomo
koyoi bakari ya
omoishiruran
The Weaver Maid’s
Unending vow is
A source of joy, yet
Is it only on this night
That she truly feels it?

Shun’e
21

Right

天の河わたるこよひや七夕は中中袖をぬらさざるらん

ama no kawa
wataru koyoi ya
tanabata wa
nakanaka sode o
nurasazaruran
The River of Heaven
Does she cross tonight, so
The Weaver Maid
Truly, her sleeves
Dampens not, I think!

Yorisuke
22

KYS II: 91

Composed on the conception of love at the end of the Third Month.

春はをし人はこよひとたのむればおもひわづらふ今日のくれかな

Faru Fa wosi
Fito Fa koyoi to
tanomureba
omoFiwazuraFu
keFu no kure kana
Regretting the departure of spring, and
Tonight, my man
Expecting,
Wracked with painful thoughts
Does today reach its dusk!

The Minister of the Centre

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

Horikawa-in enjo awase 3

逢ふ事やこよひこよひとかよふまに空忘れして月日へにけり

au koto ya
koyoi koyoi to
kayou ma ni
sora wasureshite
tsukihi henikeri
I wonder will we meet
Tonight, maybe tonight, I think, and
While I’m on my way,
Forgetful of the skies,
Days and months have passed me by.

Kuninobu, the Minamoto Middle Counsellor
5

In reply.

あや莚をとなるまでも恋ひずしてまだきに床を忘るべしやは

ayamushiro
oto naru made mo
koizushite
madaki ni toko o
wasurubeshi ya wa
My patterned blanket
Lies far away, and yet
Lacking love
How swiftly my bed
Might you be able to forget?

Daishin, in service to His Former Majesty
6