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かりそめのみやたのまれぬ夏の日をなど空蝉のなきくらしつる
karisome no mi ya tanomarenu natsu no hi o nado utsusemi no nakikurashitsuru Is my transient
47[1]
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はかもなき夏のくさ葉におく露を命とたのむ虫のはかなさ
haka mo naki natsu no kusaba ni oku tsuyu o inochi to tanomu mushi no hakanasa Fleetingly
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[1] A minor variant of this poem, with a headnote associating it with this contest, occurs in Shokugosenshū (XVI: 1058): かりそめの世やたのまれぬ夏の日をなどうつせみのなきくらしつる karisome no / yo ya tanomarenu / natsu no hi o / nado utsusemi no / nakikurashitsuru ‘Is this transient / World untrustworthy? / On a summer day / Why does the cicada, an empty shell, / Cry the day away?’
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宵の間ははかなくみゆる夏虫にまどひまされる恋もするかな
yoi no ma mo In the evening
Tomonori
45[1]
Right
夏の夜はふすかとすれば郭公鳴く一こゑにあくるしののめ
natsu no yo no On a summer night,
Tsurayuki
46[2]
[1] Kokinshū XII: 561/Shinsen man’yōshū 49/Kokin rokujō VI: 3981
[2] Kokinshū III: 156/Shinsen man’yōshū 51/Kokin rokujō VI: 4425
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空蝉の侘びしきものを夏草の露にかかれる身にこそ有りけれ
utsusemi no wabishiki mono o natsukusa no tsuyu ni kakareru mi ni koso arikere A cicada’s empty shell
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なつの夜の月はほどなく明けながらあしたの間をぞかこちよせける
natsu no yo no tsuki wa hodonaku akenagara ashita no ma o zo kakochiyosekeru On a summer night,
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Summer Poems Twenty Rounds
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蝉のこゑ聞けばかなしな夏衣うすくや人のならむと思へば
semi no koe The cicadas’ cry:
41[1]
Right
にほひつつ散りにし花ぞおもほゆる夏はみどりの葉のみしげりて
nioitsutsu chirinishi hana zo omohoyuru natsu wa midori no ha nomi shigerite Ever scented,
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[1] Kokinshū XIV: 715, attributed to Ki no Tomonori/Shinsen man’yōshū 43/Kokin rokujō VI: 3973
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常盤なる松のみどりも春くれば今一しほの色まさりけり
tokiwa narumatsu no midori mo haru kureba ima hitoshio no iro masarikeri When to the eternal
39[1]
Right
くる春にあはむことこそかたからめ過行く方におくれずもがな
kuru haru ni awamu koto koso katakarame sugiyuku kata ni okurezu mogana With arriving spring
40
[1] Kokinshū I: 24, attributed to Minamoto no Muneyuki.
Left
春霞色の千ぐさにみえつるはたなびく山の花のかげかも
harugasumi The haze of spring has
Okikaze
37[1]
Right
日くるればかつちる花をあたらしみ春のかたみにつみぞいれつる
hi kurureba katsu chiru hana o atarashimi haru no katami ni tsumi zo iretsuru When the sun goes down,
38
[1] Kokinshū II: 102/Shinsen man’yōshū 25/Kokin rokujō I: 620
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梅がかを袖にうつしてとどめては春はすぐともかたみならまし
mume ga ka o If only the plums’ scent
35[1]
Right
行く春の跡だにありと見ましかば野べのまにまにとめましものを
yuku haru no ato dani ari to mimashikaba nobe no manimani tomemashi mono o Departing spring’s
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[1] Kokinshū I: 46/Shinsen man’yōshū 21
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梅の花香をばとどめて色をのみ年ふる人の袖にそむらむ
mume no hana ka oba todomete iro o nomi toshi furu hito no sode ni somuramu The plum blossoms’
33
Right
あかずして過行く春の人ならばとくかへりこといはましものを
akazushite sugiyuku haru no hito naraba toku kaeri koto iwamashi mono o Unsated by
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Left
かかる時あらじとおもへば一とせをすべては春になすよしもがな
kakaru toki araji to omoeba hito tose o subete wa haru ni nasu yoshi mogana Such times
31
Right
まてといふにとまらぬ物としりながらしひてぞをしき春のわかれを
mate to iu ni Asking it to stay, when that
32[1]
[1] Shinkokinshū II: 172/Shinsen man’yōshū 269
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かすみたつ春の山辺は遠けれど吹来る風は花の香ぞする
kasumi tatsu Hazes rise
29[1]
Right
散るはなのまててふことをきかませば春降る雪とふらせざらまし
chiru hana no mate chō koto o kikamaseba haru furu yuki to furasezaramashi For the blossom’s scattering, we
30
[1] Kokinshū II: 103, attributed to Ariwara no Motokata.
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