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Dairi uta’awase 1

Shinpen kokka taikan no.
Heian-chō uta’awase taisei no.37
Title内裏歌合
Romanised TitleDairi uta’awase
Translated TitlePalace Poetry Contest
Alternative Title(s)
DateBefore 9 Enchō 8 [9.930]
Extant Poems1
Sponsor
Identifiable Participants
JudgementsN
TopicsCuckoos (hototogisu 時鳥)

さみだれはちかくなるらしよど河のあやめの草もみくさおひにけり

samidare wa
chikaku narurashi
yodogawa no
ayame no kusa mo
mikusa oinikeri
The summer showers
Closer must be coming, for
Along the Yodo River
Both sweet-flags and
Waterweed have grown lush, indeed!

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This poem is included in Shūishū (II: 108), where it is listed as ‘Anonymous’ with the headnote, ‘From a Poetry Match held during the Reign of the Engi Emperor’.