あまの戸をあけがたの空になく雁の翼の露にやどる月影
| ama no to o akegata no sora ni naku kari no tsubasa no tsuyu ni yadoru tsukikage | As the gates of heaven Open, brightening the sky, The geese cry, with Dewdrops on their wings, where Moonlight lodges. |
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Kinkai wakashū 227
Daikōtaigōgū no suke taira no tsunemori-ason ke uta’awase 35
Round Eleven
Left (Win)
をしみかねあかぬ名残のくるしきに入るまではみじ秋のよの月
| oshimikane akanu nagori no kurushiki ni iru made wa miji aki no yo no tsuki | Unbearable regret, Unending is a memento Most painful— I would not watch until it sets: The moon this autumn night. |
Kenshō
69
Right
月影のかたぶくかたにさしいればやどのうちにも霜ぞ置きける
| tsukigage no katabuku kata ni sashi’ireba yado no uchi ni mo shimo zo okikeru | The moonlight as It descends Shines in, so Within my lodging Frost, indeed, has fallen. |
Lord Yorisuke
70
The Left, saying that the setting of the moon is a painful memento, and thus not watching it until the end seems excessively topsy-turvy. The Right, saying that the setting moon enters one’s lodging, is both pretentious and misses the point—surely it depends on the construction of the house! This shows know knowledge of how diction should be used, so the Left has to win.
Daikōtaigōgū no suke taira no tsunemori-ason ke uta’awase 34
Round Ten
Left
をぐらやま下ゆく水のさざれ石も数かくれなくてらす月かげ
| ogurayama shita yuku mizu no sazare’ishi mo kazu kakurenaku terasu tsukikage | Beneath gloomy Mount Ogura Flow waters full Of pebbles, Unable to conceal their numbers In the shining moonlight. |
Lord Kiyosuke
67
Right (Win)
あまの川とわたる月の影すみてにごれるよともみえぬ空かな
| ama no kawa towataru tsuki no kage sumite nigoreru yo tomo mienu sora kana | Across the River of Heaven’s Mouth passes the moon’s Clear light— Even this cloudy world Does not appear so beneath this sky! |
Shinkaku
68
There’s nothing to mention about the Left, and the same is the case for the Right, but for some reason should it win?
Daikōtaigōgū no suke taira no tsunemori-ason ke uta’awase 32
Round Eight
Left (Win)
月影をまつとをしむと秋の夜はふたたび山の端こそつらけれ
| tsukikage o matsu to oshimu to aki no yo wa futatabi yama no ha koso tsurakere | Moonlight A’waiting brings regret On autumn nights— Twice the mountains’ Edge do I hate so! |
Sadanaga
63
Right
吹きはらふ月のあたりの雲みれば春はいとひし風ぞうれしき
| fukiharau tsuki no atari no kumo mireba haru wa itoishi kaze zo ureshiki | Blown away From round the moon The clouds I see, so Hated in spring The wind fills me with joy! |
Koreyuki
64
The Right seems to be saying that clouds are blown away from round the moon, so it sounds as if the diction is reversed. Overall, it lacks soul. While the Left has an archaic conception, it should win.
Daikōtaigōgū no suke taira no tsunemori-ason ke uta’awase 26
Round Two
Left (Win)
松浦ぶねあかしのしほに漕ぎとめよこよひの月はここにてをみむ
| matsurabune akashi no shio ni kogitomeyo koyoi no tsuki wa koko nite o mimu | O, boat from Matsura, Upon the tides of Akashi, Halt your rowing! For tonight, the moon I would gaze upon from there… |
Lord Tsunemori
51
Right
月影のさえゆくままにおく霜をおもひもあへず鐘やなるらん
| tsukikage no saeyuku mama ni oku shimo o omoi mo aezu kane ya naruran | While the moonlight Is so chill, Is it of the falling frost Quite heedless that The bells are tolling? |
Tōren
52
I wonder if the Right’s conception is that of the bells of Fengling? It appears to be said of them that they ‘rang of their own accord when frost fell’, or something like that. Hence, in the Cathay-style poem with the topic ‘the autumn moon seeming to be frost at night’ there is also the line ‘wouldn’t you have it make the Fengling bells ring out together?’ Here, our moonlight is being thought to be frost, and the bells are tolling in response to it. But, as bells are inanimate objects, it does not seem feasible to think that they would toll upon seeing frost. Thus, saying that they would view the moonlight as frost and heedlessly toll, is odd, I have to say. As for the Left, while there is no clear reason for the initial line, the remainder seems reasonable, and so I feel this should win.
GSS XII: 855
Daikōtaigōgū daijin kiyosuke-ason ke uta’awase 19
Round Nineteen
Left (Win)
うちはらふ枕のちりもかくれなくあれたる宿をてらす月影
| uchiharau makura no chiri mo kakurenaku aretaru yado o terasu tsukikage | Needing to be swept away, The dust upon my pillow Cannot be concealed In my dilapidated dwelling, when The moonlight shines within… |
Taifu
37
Right
秋の夜の月みる袖におく露やひるにかはれるしるしなるらん
| aki no yo no tsuki miru sode ni oku tsuyu ya hiru ni kawareru shirushi naruran | On an autumn night Upon my sleeves, when gazing at the moon, Fall dewdrops— That all is changed from daytime Might they be a sign? |
Yorisuke
38
In both the moon is bright, and I feel they reflect the essential meaning of the topic, but as its diction is currently slightly more familiar, I make the Left the winner. It would be possible to call this a tie, too, though.
Kinkai wakashū 167
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
