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Round Twenty-One

Left (Win)

小倉山木木のもみぢのくれなゐはみねの嵐のおろすなりけり

ogurayama
kigi no momiji no
kurenai wa
mine no arashi no
orosu narikeri
On gloomy Mount Ogura
The leaves upon the trees,
So scarlet,
By the storm wind from the peak
Are tossed down.

Lord Kiyosuke
41

Right

ふかくあさきもみぢばながるあすか河ふちせは色にあらはれにけり

fukaku asaki
momijiba nagaru
asukagawa
fuchise wa iro ni
arawarenikeri
Across both depths and shallows
Flow the scarlet leaves
On the Asuka river,
Among the rapids and the pools
Have they appeared.

Shun’e
42

Neither of these is bad. The Right violates the five syllable pattern; the Left has no faults.

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Round Twenty

Scarlet Leaves

Left (Tie)

秋されば暁つゆにいもが袖まきぎの山ににほふもみぢば

aki sareba
akatsuki tsuyu ni
imo ga sode
makigi no yama ni
niou momijiba
When the autumn comes,
With the dawn, the dewdrops, as
Upon a sweet girl’s sleeves,
At Makigi Mountain
Bring a lustre to the scarlet leaves…

Masashige
39

Right

下染はおなじみどりにみし程も紅葉の色のうすくこきかな

shitazome wa
onaji midori ni
mishi hodo mo
momiji no iro no
usuku koki kana
First dyed
All with green,
When I gazed upon them, now
The scarlet leaves’ hues are
Pale and vibrant both!

Kūnin
40

The Left has a lofty tone, yet the Right is still smooth. Thus, I make this a tie.

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Round Nineteen

Left (Win)

うちはらふ枕のちりもかくれなくあれたる宿をてらす月影

uchiharau
makura no chiri mo
kakurenaku
aretaru yado o
terasu tsukikage
Needing to be swept away,
The dust upon my pillow
Cannot be concealed
In my dilapidated dwelling, when
The moonlight shines within…

Taifu
37

Right

秋の夜の月みる袖におく露やひるにかはれるしるしなるらん

aki no yo no
tsuki miru sode ni
oku tsuyu ya
hiru ni kawareru
shirushi naruran
On an autumn night
Upon my sleeves, when gazing at the moon,
Fall dewdrops—
That all is changed from daytime
Might they be a sign?

Yorisuke
38

In both the moon is bright, and I feel they reflect the essential meaning of the topic, but as its diction is currently slightly more familiar, I make the Left the winner. It would be possible to call this a tie, too, though.

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Round Seventeen

Left

夜もすがらをばすて山の月をみて昔にかよふ我がこころかな

yomosugara
obasuteyama no
tsuki o mite
mukashi kayou
wa ga kokoro kana
All night long
At Mount Obasute
Gazing upon the moon—
Drifting back to days gone by
Goes my heart!

Lord Kiyosuke
33

Right (Win)

山のはに雲のよこぎるよひのまは出でても月ぞ猶またれける

yama no ha ni
kumo no yokogiru
yoi no ma wa
idete mo tsuki zo
nao matarekeru
Along the mountains’ edge
Trail clouds
Throughout the night, so
Even as it rises, the moon
I am yet awaiting!

Atsuyori
34

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Round Sixteen

The Moon

Left (Tie)

今よりはふけ行くまでに月はみしその事となく涙おちけり

ima yori wa
fukeyuku made ni
tsuki wa mishi
sono koto to naku
namida ochikeri
From now
Until it set,
Did I gaze upon the moon
Had it not been there, then
Would have my tears fell.

Lord Kiyosuke
31

Right

待つ人のこぬもおもへばつらからずねなばこよひの月をみましや

matsu hito no
konu mo omoeba
tsurakarazu
nenaba koyoi no
tsuki o mimashi ya
The man I await
Has failed to come, I think, but
I’ll not be downcast, for
Had I to bed tonight
Would I have gazed upon the moon?

Kūnin
32

Both have deep feeling—it really is impossible to distinguish them.

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Round Fourteen

Left (Win)

七夕のわかるる今朝のたもとにや秋の白露おきはじむらん

tanabata no
wakaruru kesa no
tamoto ni ya
aki no shiratsuyu
okihajimuran
The Weaver Maid
Parts from him this morn,
Upon her sleeves
Autumn’s silver dewdrops
Must have begun to fall…

Shun’e
27

Right

秋へてもはてなき中をみるをりは七夕つめぞうらやまれける

aki hete mo
hatenaki naka o
miru ori wa
tanabatatsume zo
urayamarekeru
Though the autumns pass,
When on their endless bond
She ponders,
Even the Weaver Maid
Must despise her lot!

Kenshō
28

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Round Thirteen

Left (Tie)

ひこぼしのくれをまつまはあぢきなく雲のよそなる心ちこそせね

hikoboshi no
kure o matsu ma wa
ajikinaku
kumo no yoso naru
kokochi koso sene
While the Herd Boy
The evening awaits,
He suffers—
Beyond the distant clouds
Is where his feelings lie!

Taifu
25

Right

さもこそは身はならはしといひながら七夕いかでたへてすぐらん

sa mo koso wa
mi wa narawashi to
iinagara
tanabata ikade
taete suguran
That is how it is—
Her flesh knows how it is,
They say, but
How is it that the Weaver Maid
Endures the passing days?

Kenshō

26

In terms of overall quality, the Left is superior, but I am unable to understand it. The conclusion of the Right is non-standard.

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Round Twelve

Left (Tie)

秋風の吹くときくより七夕はこころのうちやすずしかるらん

akikaze no
fuku to kiku yori
tanabata wa
kokoro no uchi ya
suzushikaruran
Since the autumn breeze’s
Blowing she has heard,
The Weaver Maid
Surely within her heart
Feels a pleasant cool!

Suketaka
23

Right

七夕のまちつる程の久しさにはかなくあくる空をかへばや

tanabata no
machitsuru hodo no
hisashisa ni
hakanaku akuru
sora o kaeba ya
The Weaver Maid
Her waiting time’s
Eternity for
The briefly brightening
Sky would wish to change…

Moromitsu
24

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Round Eleven

Tanabata

Left (Win)

七夕はたえぬ契りをうれしともこよひばかりやおもひしるらん

tanabata wa
taenu chigiri o
ureshi tomo
koyoi bakari ya
omoishiruran
The Weaver Maid’s
Unending vow is
A source of joy, yet
Is it only on this night
That she truly feels it?

Shun’e
21

Right

天の河わたるこよひや七夕は中中袖をぬらさざるらん

ama no kawa
wataru koyoi ya
tanabata wa
nakanaka sode o
nurasazaruran
The River of Heaven
Does she cross tonight, so
The Weaver Maid
Truly, her sleeves
Dampens not, I think!

Yorisuke
22

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Round Ten

Left (Win)

よひのまぞ人をばまちしほととぎすあくるまでこそねられざりけれ

yoi no ma zo
hito oba machishi
hototogisu
akuru made koso
nerarezarikere
All night long
Did I await him once, but
T’is the cuckoo:
Even more until the dawn, that
Keeps me from my sleep!

Shun’e
19

Right

花はすぎ紅葉はまだき夏山にをりえてもなく時鳥かな

hana wa sugi
momiji wa madaki
natsuyama ni
oriete mo naku
hototogisu kana
The blossoms are past, and
Scarlet leaves have yet to come;
In the summer mountains
How lively sings
The cuckoo!

Kenshō
20

The Left’s poem certainly commands one’s interest.