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.
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
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.
をしむともこよひ明けなば明日よりは花のたもとをぬぎやかへてん
oshimu tomo koyoi akenaba asu yori wa hana no tamoto o nugi ya kaeten | I may regret it, yet When tonight does reach its dawn, From the morrow, shall I my fair sleeves Put off and change? |
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
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
Created with Soan.
Hair.
ねくたれのかみけづるよもあはざればこひしきものをけふはくらしつ
nekutare no kami kezuru yo mo awazareba koishiki mono o kyō wa kurashitsu | My sleep-tangled Hair I comb tonight, even though We have not met, so The one I love will be In my thoughts all day long. |
Anonymous
From among his winter poems.
時雨れつるよひの村雲さえかへりふけ行く風にあられふるなり
shiguretsuru yoi no murasame saekaeri fukeyuku kaze ni arare furunari | Showering Tonight the cloudbursts Bring returning chill and Amidst the gusting wind Hailstones fall. |
Ietaka, Junior Second Rank
The Night of the Fifteenth of the Eighth Month
いつとても月見ぬ秋はなきものをわきて今夜のめづらしきかな
itu tote mo tuki minu aki Fa naki mono wo wakite koyoFi no medurasiki kana | When is there An autumn without gazing on the moon? Never, but On considering, tonight It is rare, indeed! |
Fujiwara no Masatada
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
'Simply moving and elegant'