Expressing true feelings.
恋ひ死なば恋ひも死ねとか我妹子が我家の門を過ぎて行くらむ
| kopisinaba kopi mo sine to ka wagimoko ga wagipe no kadeo wo sugite yukuran |
“If one can die of love, then Do so!” says My darling girl As before my dwelling’s gate She seems to go by! |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
柿本人麻呂歌集
Left (Win).
さらでだに恨みんと思ふ我妹子が衣の裾に秋風ぞ吹く
| sarade dani uramin to omou wagimoko ga koromo no suso ni akikaze zo fuku |
That is not it, yet even so, I do think to hate My darling girl, Her robe hem Blown by the autumn wind… |
Lord Ari’ie.
935
Right.
いかなれば露をば払ふ風の音に物思ふ袖の濡れまさるらん
| ika nareba tsuyu o harau kaze no oto ni mono’omou sode no nuremasaruran |
For some reason Dewdrops blown by The wind – the mere sound Brings to my gloomy sleeves A dampness most extreme… |
Jakuren.
936
The Right state: the Left’s poem is most admirable. The Left state: the Right’s poem is definitely not!
In judgement: to give the gist of the comments by the Gentlemen of the Left and the Right, the Left’s poem is admirable, and the Right’s poem is not admirable at all. I see no need to make much more of this round that that, so, the Left wins.
我妹子が我れを送ると白栲の袖漬つまでに泣きし思ほゆ
| wagimoko ga ware wo okuru to sirotape no sode pitu made ni nakisi omopoyu |
My darling Says she will see me off With white mulberry Sleeves soaked by Her weeping, it seems. |
On flowers.
我妹子に逢坂山のはだすすき穂には咲き出ず恋ひわたるかも
| wagimoko ni apusakayama no padasusuki po ni pa sakidezu kopiwataru kamo |
O, my darling, On Meeting Hill, The silver grass Buds have yet to bloom But I will ever love you! |
Anonymous
吾妹子はさかよふ山の背はちかばあはじと人にかねてきかする
| wagimoko wa sakayou yama no se wa chikaba awaji to hito ni kanete kikasuru |
My darling, If I cross the mountains And to the foot draw near, “I will not meet you,” to him I would long hear you say… |
Minamoto no Yorimasa
源頼政