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Rokujō saiin uta’awase Tengi go-nen hachi-gatsu

Shinpen kokka taikan no.85
Heian-chō uta’awase taisei no.
Title六条斎院歌合
Romanised TitleRokujō saiin uta’awase
Translated TitlePoetry Contest held by the Rokujō Kamo Virgin
Alternative Title(s)
Date8/Tengi 5 [9.1057]
Extant Poems30
Identifiable ParticipantsY
JudgementsY
TopicsBell crickets (suzumushi 鈴虫); Pine crickets (松虫); Crickets (kirigirisu 螽斯); Grasshoppers (hataorime 機織女); Bush crickets (kutsuwamushi 轡虫); Geese (kari 雁); Plovers (chidori 千鳥); Hunting with sparrowhawks (kotakagari 小鷹狩); Snipe (shigi 鴫); Deer (shika 鹿); Moon (tsuki 月); Welcoming the tribute horses (koma mukae 駒迎); Mist (kiri 霧); Autumn fields (aki no ta 秋田); Fulling clothing (koromo utsu 衣うつ)

Rokujō sai’in uta’awase 9

Snipe

Left (Tie)
たれか又暁ごとに夢さめて羽掻く鴫の声を聞くらむ

tareka mata
akatuki goto ni
yume samete
Fane kaku sigi no
kowe wo kikuramu
Who is it that yet
With every single dawn
Awakens from her dreams, and
The wing-beating snipes’
Cries does hear?

Koma
小馬
17

Right
我ならで誰か聞くらむ暁の羽掻く鴫の数を尽くして

ware narade
tare ka kikuramu
akatuki no
Fane kaku sigi no
kazu wo tukusite
If not I, then
Who is it that will hear?
With the dawn
The snipes’ wing-beats
Coming to an end…

Saemon
左衛門
18