Left (Win).
蘆の屋のかりねの床のふしのまにみじかく明る夏の夜な夜な
| ashi no ya no karine no toko no fushi no ma ni mijikaku akuru natsu no yonayona |
Out cutting reeds, Upon a fleeting bed I lie; between one reed-knot and another, So brief comes the dawn Each passing night in summer. |
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Right
うちなびくしげみが下のさゆり葉のしられぬほどにかよふ秋風
| uchinabiku shigemi ga shita no sayuriba no shirarenu hodo ni kayou akikaze |
Aflutter Beneath the growth Lilies, Unknown to all, Are passed by an autumn breeze. |
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Left.
片糸をよるよる峰にともす火にあはずは鹿の身をもかへじを
| kataito wo yoruyoru mine ni tomosu hi ni awazu wa shika no mi wo mo kaeji o |
Threads Twining around the peaks: Had he those shining fires Failed to meet, the stag would not His life have surrendered. |
37
Right (Win)
ひさかたのなかなる河のうかひ舟いかに契てやみを待覧
| hisakata no nakanaru kawa no ukaibune ika ni chigirite yami o matsuran |
The everlasting moon: Upon its river, Cormorant boats: What vow might make them Await the darkness? |
38
Left (Tie).
玉桙の道行人のことづてもたえてほどふる五月雨の空
| tamaboko no michiyukibito no kotozute mo taete hodo furu samidare no sora |
Jewelled spear-straight The road he travels on; Messages Stopped long ago; rains Falling from the summer sky. |
35
Right
なきぬなりゆふつけ鳥のしだり尾のおのれにも似ぬよはのみじかき
| nakinunari yūtsukedori no shidario no onore ni mo ninu yowa no mijikaki |
Does he crow already? The cockerel’s Trailing tail Is most unlike This night’s brevity. |
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Left.
いたづらに雲ゐる山の松の葉の時ぞともなき五月雨の空
| itazura ni kumoiru yama no matsu no ha no toki zo tomonaki samidare no sora |
Vacantly Cloud-hung, the mountains’ Pine needles touch The unceasing Summer rain-filled sky. |
33
Right (Win)
山里の軒端の梢雲こえてあまりな閉ぢそ五月雨の空
| yamazato no nokiba no kozue kumo koete amari na toji so samidare no sora |
My mountain dwelling: Treetops by the eaves Are brushed by cloud; Cut me off no further, O, summer rain-filled sky! |
34
Left (Tie).
たがためになくや五月の夕とて山郭公猶またるらむ
| ta ga tame ni naku ya satsuki no yûbe tote yama hototogisu nao mataruramu |
For whose sake Is that song? On a Fifth Month Evening A cuckoo from the mountains Is yet awaited. |
31
Right
五月雨の月はつれなきみ山より獨もいづる郭公かな
| samidare no tsuki wa tsurenaki miyama yori hitori mo izuru hototogisu kana |
In the early summer rain Heartless hides the moon In the mountain deeps, from Whence emerges a solitary Cuckoo. |
32
Left.
櫻色の袖もひとへにかはるまでうつりにけりな過る月日は
| sakura iro no sode mo hitoe ni kawaru made utsurinikeri na suguru tsukihi wa |
Cherry-coloured Sleeves for single-fold Garb are changed; All already faded, With the passing months and days… |
29
Right (Win)
ふみしだく安積の沼の夏草にかつみだれそふしのぶもぢずり
| fumishidaku asaka no numa no natsukusa ni katsumidare sou shinobu mojizuri |
Crushed beneath my feet At the marsh of Asaka In the summer grasses A confusion of irises Longingly imprint their pattern. |
30
Left (Tie).
網代木に櫻こませば行春のいさよふ浪をえやはとゞむる
| ajirogi ni sakura komaseba yuku haru no isayou nami o e ya wa todomuru |
Can stakes of fish traps, Mixed with cherry petals, Departing spring’s Impeded waves Bring to a halt, perhaps? |
27
Right
あはれいかに霞も花もなれなれて雲しく谷に歸る鶯
| aware ika ni kasumi mo hana mo narenarete kumo shiku tani ni kaeru uguisu |
O, however much The hazes and the blossoms We have come to love, To the cloud-strewn valleys The warbler does return. |
28
Left.
花の香も風こそよもにさそふらめこゝろもしらぬ故郷の春
| hana no ka mo kaze koso yomo ni sasourame kokoro mo shiranu furusato no haru |
The blossoms’ scent To all four corners has the wind Beckoned away, no doubt; How little my heart knows Of long-gone springs at home. |
25
Right (Win)
今日こずは庭にや春のゝこらまし梢うつろふ花の下風
| kyō kozu wa niwa ni ya haru no nokoramashi kozue utsurou hana no shita kaze |
Had I not come today, Would spring within my garden Still remain, I wonder? Fading on the treetops, Blossoms stripped by winds beneath. |
26
Left (Tie).
名取河春の日數は顯て花にぞしづむせゞの埋木
| natorigawa haru no hi kazu wa arawarete hana ni zo shizumu seze no mumoregi |
The river Natori: The days of spring have reached Their span, and Blossom swamps The drowned tree upon the shoals. |
23
Right
名もしるし峰のあらしも雪とふる山櫻戸のあけぼのゝ空
| na mo shirushi mine no arashi mo yuki to furu yamasakurado no akebono no sora |
It’s all in the name: Storm winds from the peak Scatter a snowstorm of blossom; My mountain cherry door Open upon a dawning sky. |
24
Left.
槇の戸は軒ばの花のかげなれば床も枕も春の曙
| maki no to wa nokiba no hana no kage nareba toko mo makura mo haru no akebono |
My door of cedar wood Within the eave-bourned blossoms’ Shade does stand, so Bed and pillow both Are perfect this spring dawning. |
21
Right (Win)
花の色のおられぬ水にさすさはの雫もにほふ宇治の河長
| hana no iro no orarenu mizu ni sasu sao no shizuku mo niou uji no kawaosa |
Blossoms’ hues — Within the insubstantial water Thrusts the pole — Gleam in the droplets cast by A ferryman at Uji. |
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