Right
ことならばくもゐの月となりななむこひしきかげやそらにみゆると
koto naraba Should that be the case, then
Nakatsukasa
人ならばまててふべきをほととぎすふたこゑとだにきかですぎぬる
hito naraba Were you a man,
Fujiwara no Motozane
Shinpen kokka taikan no. 46 Heian-chō uta’awase taisei no. 91 Title 蔵人頭家歌合 Romanised Title Kurōdo no tō-ke uta’awase Translated Title Poetry Contest held at the House of the Head Chamberlain Alternative Title(s) 蔵人頭実資歌合 Kurōdo no tō sanesuke uta’awase (‘Poetry Contest held at the House of Head Chamberlain Sanesuke Date 7/7/Eien 2 [21.8.988] Extant Poems 10 Identifiable Participants Y Judgements N Topics Bell crickets (suzumushi 鈴虫)
Go to contest
あまのがはほしあひのそらをみるほどもなほわすられぬすずむしのこゑ
ama no gawa hoshiai no sora o miru hodo mo nao wasurarenu suzumushi no koe The River of Heaven fills
Lady Ukon
たなばたのゆきあふあきとなるごとにわすれがたきはすずむしのこゑ
tanabata no yukiau aki to naru goto ni wasuregataki wa suzumushi no koe With Tanabata’s
Lord Tomonori, Governor of Kaga
すずむしのこゑさへあかずこよひよりあすのわたりをおもふ心に
suzumushi no koe sae akazu koyoi yori asu no watari o omou kokoro ni The bell crickets’
Lady Ukon
たなばたもすずむしのねもこよひこそ心をかくるつまとなりけれ
tanabata mo suzumushi no ne mo koyoi koso kokoro o kakuru tsuma to narikere The Weaver Maid, too,
Lord Tamechika[1]
[1] Minamoto no Tamechika 源為親 (dates unknown). He was the elder brother of Minamoto no Tamenori源為憲, a minor noble who has one poem in Shūishū (VIII: 464). Tamechika himself reached no further than Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade, and served as Governor of Higo.
たなばたに心をよせてあかすよもききすてがたきすずむしのこゑ
tanabata ni kokoro o yosete akasu yo mo kikisutegataki suzumushi no koe The Weaver Maid is
Lady Emon
ひこぼしによそへてぞきくとしふれどなほめづらしきすずむしのこゑ
hikoboshi ni yosoete zo kiku toshi furedo nao mezurashiki suzumushi no koe The Herd Boy
Lord Tomonori
すずむしのこゑにぞあかぬたまさかにゆきあふよひのかげをまつにも
suzumushi no koe ni zo akanu tamasaka ni yukiau yoi no kage o matsu ni mo Of the bell crickets’
Lady Jijū
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