Composed when it was said that a poetry competition was to be held at the residence of the Ninna Middle Captain Lady of the Bedchamber.
Fana no tiru The falling of the flowers
Fujiwara no Chikage
1[1]
Composed when it was said that a poetry competition was to be held at the residence of the Ninna Middle Captain Lady of the Bedchamber.
osi to omoFu A regretful
Sosei
2[2]
[1] This poem is included in Kokinshū (II: 108 ).
[2] This poem is included in Kokinshū (II: 114 ) and also in Sosei-shū 素性集 (16), where in some versions the headnote reads ‘[Composed] on the profusion of blossom when it was decided there would be poetry match at the residence of the Ninnaji Middle Captain Lady of the Bedchamber’.
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aFigatami At the impossibility of meeting
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Right
yume ni dani Even in dreams
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Love
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yo no naka no
Is this an everyday
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Right
aFu ni koso
A meeting
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Left
Fototogisu
O, cuckoo
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Right
wa ga yado ni
At my home
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Left
akenu ma ni
Before the dawn no
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Right (Win)
miyama idete
Emerging from the mountains’ depths
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Left (Win)
Foka ni mata
Is there any other who still
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Right
Futakowe to
Will your twin cries
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Left
mataseturu
I was kept waiting
13
Right (Win)
sayo Fukete
The brief night dawns:
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Left
Fototogisu
A cuckoo
11
Right (Win)
sayo Fukete
A brief night dawns, and
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Left (Tie)
Fonokanaru
Your faint
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Right
sayo Fukete
The brief night dawns
10
Left
tukiyo ni Fa
On a moonlit night
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Right (Win)
sumu sato Fa
To my dwelling
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