Left (Win).
もしほ汲袖の月かげをのづからよそにあかさぬ須磨の浦人
| moshio kumu sode no tsukikage onozukara yoso ni akasanu suma no urabito |
Scooping seaweed salt, With moon-drenched sleeves: Naturally, This brings no light to The folk of Suma Bay. |
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Right.
蟲明の松としらせよ袖の上にしぼりしまゝの波の月かげ
| mushiake no matsu to shiraseyo sode no ue ni shiborishi mama no nami no tsukikage |
‘At Mushiake I pine!’ – tell him that; From my sleeves Have I ever wrung Waves of moonlight. |
168
Left (Win).
むせぶともしらじな心かはら屋に我のみ消たぬ下の煙は
| musebu tomo shiraji na kokoro kawaraya ni ware nomi ketanu shita no keburi wa |
Choking I may be, yet All unknowing, her heart Is changed; a brick kiln – I alone, unextinguished, Give vent to smoke… |
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Right.
松山とちぎりし人はつれなくて袖越す浪にやどる月影
| matsuyama to chigirishi hito wa tsurenakute sode kosu nami ni yadoru tsukikage |
‘As the eternal peak of Matsuyama’ She vowed, yet was Heartless; In the breaking waves upon my sleeves Rests the chilly moonlight. |
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Left.
白妙の衣しでうつひゞきより置まよふ霜の色にいづらむ
| shirotae no koromo shide utsu hibiki yori okimayou shimo no iro ni izuramu |
White mulberry cloth Garb fulled hard: Do the echoes Fretful frostfall’s Hues bring forth? |
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Right (Win)
秋とだにわすれむとおもふ月影をさもあやにくにうつ衣かな
| aki to dani wasuremu to omou tsukikage o samo ayaniku ni utsu koromo kana |
My autumn longings, at least, Thought I to forget, amongst The moonlight, Yet, alas, how Sad the sound of fulling cloth… |
62
Left.
獨ぬる山鳥の尾のしだり尾に霜置まよふ床の月かげ
| hitori nuru yamadori no o no shidario ni shimo okimayou toko no tsukikage |
Sleeping solitary, A mountain bird’s tail Droops down and down; Frost forming haphazardly On my moon-brushed bed. |
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Right
下荻もおきふし待の月の色に身を吹しほる床の秋かぜ
| shitaogi mo okifushi machi no tsuki no iro ni mi o fukishioru toko no aki kaze |
Even the silver under-grass Arises and abeds, awaiting The mid-month moon in whose Hues I’m drenched, gusting Autumn wind across my bed. |
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Left.
高砂の尾上の鹿の聲たてし風よりかはる月の影かな
| takasago no onoe no shika no koe tateshi kaze yori kawaru tsuki no kage kana |
In Takasago The stags Have raised their call; The wind bringing brighter Moonlight. |
57
Right (Win).
露さえて寢ぬ夜の月やつもる覧あらぬ淺茅の今朝の色哉
| tsuyu saete nenu yo no tsuki ya tsumoruran aranu asaji no kesa no iro kana |
So clear the dewfall Did the moonlight this restless night Drift upon it? Lacking is the cogon grass Its hue this morning… |
58
Left (Win).
天の原おもへばかはる色もなし秋こそ月の光なりけれ
| ama no hara omoeba kawaru iro mo nashi aki koso tsuki no hikari narikeri |
Upon the plain of heaven— If you think upon it—extraordinary Hues there are not one; yet Autumn, unmistakeably, is Lit by moonlight. |
51
Right
いかにせむさらでうき世はなぐさまずたのみし月も涙をちけり
| ika ni semu sarade ukiyo wa nagusamazu tanomishi tsuki mo namida ochikeri |
What should I do? This cruel world Is without all consolation; Even the gentle moon Brings tears to my eyes. |
52
Left (Win).
しのべとやしらぬ昔の秋をへておなじ形見に殘る月影
| shinobe to ya shiranu mukashi no aki o hete onaji katami ni nokoru tsukikage |
Does it tell me to remember All the unknown, long gone Autumns that have passed, Leaving one memento: This lingering touch of moonlight? |
49
Right
秋をへて昔は遠き大空に我身ひとつのもとの月影
| aki o hete mukashi wa tôki ōzora ni wagami hitotsu no moto no tsukikage |
Autumn follows autumn Into the distant past; From the heavens, Recalling that I alone Am as I ever was, moonlight shines. |
50
Left (Tie).
いまはとて有明のかげの槇の戸にさすがにおしき六月の空
| ima wa tote ariake no kage no maki no to ni sasuga ni oshiki minazuki no sora |
As if to say, ‘Now’s the time!’ Moonlight, at dawn Upon my yew-wood door Does strike; how I regret The waterless month’s late summer skies! |
41
Right
飛鳥河ゆくせの浪にみそぎしてはやくぞ年の半過ぬる
| asukagawa yuku se no nami ni misogishite hayaku zo toshi no nakaba suginuru |
In Asuka River’s Rapids’ waves I cleanse myself; How swiftly has the year’s First half come and gone! |
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