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かけつればちぢのこがねも数しりぬなど我が恋のあふばかりなき
kaketsureba chiji no kogane mo kazu shirinu nado wa ga koi no au bakari naki Strung together, they are, so
158
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君こふる涙の床にみちぬれば身をつくしとぞ我はなりぬる
kimi kouru namida no toko ni michinureba mi o tsukushi to zo ware wa narinuru Loving you
Okikaze[1]
[1] Kokinshū XII: 569/ Kokin rokujō III: 1961
Love Poems Twenty Rounds
Left
河の瀬になびくたま藻のみがくれて人にしられぬ恋もするかな
kawa no se ni Beneath the river shallows
Ki no Tomonori[1]
Right
一たびも恋しとおもふにくるしきは心ぞちぢにくだくべらなる
hitotabi mo koishi to omou ni kurushiki wa kokoro zo chiji ni kudakuberanaru Briefly
157[2]
[1] Kokinshū XII: 565/Kokin rokujō V: 2664
[2] Shinsen man’yōshū 444/Mandaishū IX: 1760/A minor variant of this poem also occurs in the Poetry Contest held by the Empress during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor (30).
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ふくみあへず消えなむ雪を冬の日の花と見ればや鳥のとむらん
fukumiaezu kienamu yuki o fuyu no hi no hana to mireba ya tori no touran Unable enter in
155
Right
This poem is missing from extant texts of the competition.
Left
白露ぞ霜となりける冬のよはあまの河さへ水こほりけり
shiratsuyu zo shimo to narikeru fuyu no yo wa ama no kawa sae mizu kōrikeri Silver dewdropsEven the River of Heaven’sWaters have frozen.
153
Right
冬の海に降りいる雪やそこにゐて春たつ浪の花とさくらん
fuyu no umi ni furi’iru yuki ya soko ni ite haru tatsu nami no hana to sakuran Upon the sea in winter,
154
Left
月夜には花とぞ見ゆる竹のうへに降りしく雪を誰かはらはむ
tsukiyo ni wa hana to zo miyuru take no ue ni furishiku yuki o tare ka harawamu On a moonlit night
151
Right
しら雪を分けてわかるるかたみには袖に涙のこほるなりけり
shirayuki o wakete wakaruru katami ni wa sode ni namida no kōru narikeri That through the snow so white
152
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雪のうちのみやまからこそおいはくれかしらのしろく成るをまづみよ
yuki no uchi no miyama kara koso oi wa kure kashira no shiroku naru o mazu miyo Within the snows
149
Right
松の上にかかれる雪はよそにして時まどはせる花とこそみれ
matsu no ue ni kakareru yuki wa yoso ni shite toki madowaseru hana to koso mire Upon the pine trees
150
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足引の山のかけはし冬くればこほりのうへをよきぞかねつる
ashihiki no yama no kakehashi fuyu kureba kōri no ue o yoki zo kanetsuru To the leg-wearying
147
Right
ふゆくれば雪ふりつもる高きみね立つ白雲に見えまがふかな
fuyu kureba yuki furitsumoru takaki mine tatsu shirakumo ni miemagau kana When the winter comes
148
Left
をとめ子がひかげのうへに降る雪は花のまがふにいづれたがへり
otomego ga hikage no ue ni furu yuki wa hana no magau ni izure tagaeri Maidens
145
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かきくらし散る花とのみふる雪は冬のみやこの雲のちるかと
kakikurashi chiru hana to nomi furu yuki wa fuyu no miyako no kumo no chiru ka to Quickly darkening with
146
Left 白雪の降りつもれる山里は人さへやおもひ消ゆらむ[1]
shirayuki no furitsumoreru yamazato wa sumu hito sae ya omoikiyuramu White snow
This poem is missing from some texts of the contest and thus is unnumbered.
Right
ひかりまつ枝にかかれる雪をこそ冬の花とはいふべかりけれ
hikari matsu eda ni kakareru yuki o koso fuyu no hana to wa iubekarikere Awaiting the light
144
[1] Kokinshū VI: 328, attributed to Mibu no Tadamine.
Left
浦ちかくふり来る雪は白波の末の松山こすかとぞ見る
ura chikaku Close by the shore[1]
Okikaze[2]
Right Some texts of the contest have no surviving poem for the Right this round, while some others repeat poem No. 122.
[1] A reference to: 君をおきてあだし心を我がもたば末の松山波もこえなん kimi o okite / adashi kokoro o / wa ga motaba / sue no matsuyama / nami mo koenan ‘To abandon you / An inconstant heart / Would I have, but sooner / Over Sue-no-Matsuyama / Would waves break!’ Anonymous (Kokinshū XX: 1093).
[2] Kokinshū VI: 326/Shūishū IV: 239, attributed to Hitomaro/Kokin rokujō I: 717.
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