Left (Tie)
はなみつつをしむかひなくけふくれてほかのはるとやあすはなりなむ
hana mitsutsu oshimu kainaku kyō kurete hoka no haru to ya asu wa narinamu Ever do I gaze upon the blossom, in
Mitsune
Right
けふのみとはるをおもはぬときだにもたつことやすきはなのかげかは
kyō nomi to haru o omowanu toki dani mo tatsu koto ya suki hana no kage ka wa “Only today is left
Mitsune[i]
‘Both of these are charming,’—they tied.
[i] This poem is included as the final spring poem in Kokinshū (II: 134), attributed to Mitsune, and with the headnote, ‘A poem on the end of spring from the Poetry Contest held by Former Emperor Uda’.
Left
さくらばなちりぬるかぜのなごりにはみづなきそらになみぞたちける
sakurabana chirinuru kaze no nagori ni wa mizu naki sora ni nami zo tachikeru The cherry blossom
Tsurayuki
Right
みなそこにはるやくるらんみよしののよしののかはにかはづなくなり
minasoko ni haru ya kururan miyoshino no yoshino no kawa ni kawazu nakunari To the water’s depths
Tsurayuki
The Right won. His Majesty remarked, ‘There is a Royal poem here, so how could it lose?’
Left (Tie)
ふくかぜにとまりもあへずちるときはやへやまぶきのはなもかひなし
fuku kaze ni tomari mo aezu chiru toki wa yaeyamabuki no hana mo kainashi The gusting wind
Okikaze
Right
をしめどもたちもとまらずゆくはるをなこしのやまのせきもとめなむ
oshimedomo tachi mo tomarazu yuku haru o nakoshi no yama no seki mo tomenamu How I regret it, yet
Tsurayuki
Left (Tie)
かけてのみみつつぞしのぶむらさきにいくしほそめしふぢのはなぞも
kakete nomi mitsutsu zo shinobu murasaki ni iku shiosomeshi fuji no hana zo mo Hanging there do I
Mitsune
Right
みなそこにしづめるはなのかげみればはるのふかくもなりにけるかな
minasoko ni shizumeru hana no kage mireba haru no fukaku mo narinikeru kana When in the water’s depths
Korenori
Left (Tie)
はるふかきいろこそなけれやまぶきのはなにこころをまづぞそめつる
haru fukaki iro koso nakere yamabuki no hana ni kokoro o mazu zo sometsuru In the depths of spring,
Mitsune
Right
かぜふけばおもほゆるかなすみのえのきしのふぢなみいまやさくらむ
kaze fukeba omohoyuru kana suminoe no kishi no fujinami ima ya sakuramu When the wind blows—that
Prince Kaneyuki
Left (Win)
むさしのにいろやかよへるふぢのはなわかむらさきにそめてみゆらむ
musashino ni iro ya kayoeru fuji no hana wakamurasaki ni somete miyuramu On Musashi Plain
29
Right
あかずしてすぎゆくはるをよぶこどりよびかへしつときてもつげなむ
akazushite sugiyuku haru o yobukodori yobikaeshitsu to kite mo tsugenamu Unsated by
Okikaze 30
Left
さはみづにかはづなくなりやまぶきのうつろふいろやそこにみゆらむ
sawamizu ni kawazu nakunari yamabuki no utsurou iro ya soko ni miyuramu Among the marsh waters
27
Right (Win)
ちりてゆくかたをだにみむはるがすみはなのあたりはたちもさらなむ
chiriteyuku kata o dani mimu harugasumi hana no atari wa tachi mo sara namu Scattering off
28
Left (Win)
めにみえでかぜはふけどもあをやぎのなびくかたにぞはなはちりける
me ni miede kaze wa fukedomo aoyagi no nabiku kata ni zo hana chirikeru Unseen by my eyes
Mitsune
Right
あしひきのやまぶきのはなさきにけりゐでのかはづはいまやなくらむ
ashihiki no yamabuki no hana sakinikeri ide no kawazu wa ima ya nakuramu Leg-wearying
Okikaze[i]
‘The Right is old-fashioned,’ and so it lost.
[i] Despite Uda’s negative opinion of it, this poem is included in Shinkokinshū (II: 162), attributed to Okikaze, with the headnote, ‘A poem from the Poetry Contest held by Former Emperor Uda in Engi 13’.
Left (Tie)
うつつにはさらにもいはじさくらばなゆめにもちるとみえばうからむ
utsutsu ni wa sara ni mo iwaji sakurabana yume ni mo chiru to mieba ukaramu In the waking world
Mitsune
Right
はなのいろをうつしとどめよかがみやまはるよりのちにかげやみゆると
hana no iro o utsushi to tomeyo kagamiyama haru yori nochi ni kage ya miyuru to The blossoms’ hues’
Korenori[i]
[i] This poem is included in Shūishū (I: 73), attributed to Korenori, with the headnote, ‘From Former Emperor Uda’s Poetry Contest.’
Ten Poems on the Third Month
Left (Tie)
みてかへるこころあかねばさくらばなさけるあたりにやどやからまし
mitekaeru kokoro akaneba sakurabana sakeru atari ni yado ya karamashi Seeing you and returning home
Okikaze
Right
しののめにおきてみつればさくらばなまだよをこめてちりにけるかな
shinonome ni okite mitsureba sakurabana mada yo o komete chirinikeru kana At the edge of dawn,
Yorimoto
The Right’s poem was just as His Majesty said: ‘It expresses affection for the blossom through gazing and gazing upon them.’ When it was suggested to him that the work produced by Lord Sadakata and Lord Noboru conveyed the same overall impression, he took his time to consider the matter, then said, ‘In that case,’ and made the round a tie.
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