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Entō ōn’uta’awase 7

Round Seven

Left (Tie)

けさはまたそれともみえず淡路島霞のしたに浦風ぞ吹く

kesa wa mata
sore tomo miezu
awajishima
kasumi no shita ni
urakaze zo fuku
This morning, once again,
I cannot that clearly see
Awaji Isle, but
Beneath the haze
The winds are blowing o’er the beach!

Chikanari, Ranked without Office
13

Right

春霞なびく朝けの塩風にあらぬけぶりや浦に立つらん

harugasumi
nabiku asake no
shiokaze ni
aranu keburi ya
ura ni tatsuran
Spring haze
Trails over with the morn—
Salt-fire breezes
It is not, yet does smoke
Seem to rise across the bay?

Ie’kiyo, Ranked without Office
14

Both Left and Right don’t seem bad. I make them a tie.

SKKS VI: 646

From the Hundred Poem Sequences presented for former Emperor Horikawa.

うらかぜに吹上のはまの浜千鳥浪たちくらし夜半になくなり

urakaze ni
fukiage no hama no
hamachidori
nami tachikurashi
yowa ni naku nari
Beach breezes
Blow up Fukiage shore, where
The plovers on the beach
As the waves break in the darkness,
Cry out with midnight.

Kii, from the Residence of Imperial Princess Sukeko

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