Left (Tie).
櫻花うつろふ春をあまたへて身さへふりぬる淺茅生の宿
| sakurabana utsurou haru o amata hete mi sae furinuru asajiu no yado |
Cherry blossoming and Fading springs So many have I spent, that Even I have fallen into dotage, At my dwelling, all overgrown with spiky cogon grass. |
19
Right
櫻花うつりにけりなと計をなげきもあへずつもる春かな
| sakurabana utsurinikeri na to bakari o nageki mo aezu tsumoru haru kana |
‘The cherry blossoms Have already faded away,’ Simply that Cannot contain my grief, As one spring piles upon another. |
20
Left (Tie).
みよしのは花にうつろふ山なれば春さへみゆき故郷の空
| miyoshino wa hana ni utsurou yama nareba haru sae miyuki furusato no sora |
When fair Yoshino is Filled with fading flowers, All across the mountain, Still thick with spring snows are The skies above my ancient home. |
17
Right
櫻色の庭の春風跡もなしとはゞぞ人の雪とだに見ん
| sakura iro no niwa no haru kaze ato mo nashi towaba zo hito no yuki to dani min |
Cherry blossom hued My garden has the spring breeze stained, With not a dint upon it, Should someone come calling, He would swear snow had fallen. |
18
Left (Tie).
花の色をそれかとぞ思ふ乙女子が袖振山の春の曙
| hana no iro o sore ka to zo omou otomego ga sode furu yama no haru no akebono |
The blossoms’ hue Might be thought so: Maidens, Sleeves waving at Furu Mountain At early dawn in spring. |
15
Right
櫻がり霞の下に今日くれぬ一夜宿かせ春の山もり
| sakuragari kasumi no shita ni kyô kurenu hitoyo yado kase haru no yamamori |
Hunting cherry Beneath the blossoms’ haze The day draws to a close; Lend me lodging for a night, O, sentry of the mounts in springtime! |
16
Left (Tie)
櫻花咲にし日よりよしの山空もひとつにかほる白雲
| sakurabana sakinishi hi yori yoshino yama sora mo hitotsu ni kaoru shirakumo |
The cherry blossom Bloomed, and from that day The mount of Yoshino and The sky above were as one: Fragrant clouds of white. |
13
Right
霞立峰の櫻のあさぼらけくれなゐくゝる天の河浪
| kasumitachi mine no sakura no asaborake kurenai kukuru ama no kawanami |
Veiled in haze Cherries on the peak At dawning: Slipping through scarlet are The whitecaps on the River of Heaven. |
14
Left (Tie).
里の海人のしほやき衣たちわかれなれしもしらぬ春の雁がね
| sato no ama no shioyaki koromo tachiwakare nareshi mo shiranu haru no kari ga ne |
A village of sea-folk In their garb from the salt kilns Parted and departing Known and yet unknown The springtime cries of geese. |
11
Right
花の色にひとはるまけよ歸雁今年こしぢの空だのめして
| hana no iro ni hito haru makeyo kaeru kari kotoshi koshiji no sora danomeshite |
To the blossoms’ hues This single spring stay bound, O homeward-heading geese, This year let the northern folk Ask questions of the empty sky. |
12
Left (Tie).
外山とてよそにも見えじ春の着る衣かたしき寢ての朝けは
| toyama tote yoso ni mo mieji haru no kiru koromo katashiki nete no asake wa |
The mountains outside my door, Unseen from afar Wear their spring Garb: in a single layer of haze They slept, this dawning. |
9
Right
張るの夜の夢の浮橋とだえして峰にわかるゝ横雲の空
| haru no yo no yume no ukihashi todaeshite mine ni wakaruru yokogumo no sora |
On a night in spring The floating bridge of dreams Does break, and Parting from the peaks Are lines of cloud across the sky. |
10
Left.
花の香のかすめる月にあくがれて夢もさだかに見えぬ比かな
| hana no ka no kasumeru tsuki ni akugarete yume mo sadaka ni mienu koro kana |
The blossoms’ scent Befogs the moon; Thus lost, Certain it is that dreams Will not come now, perhaps… |
7
Right (Win)
春の夜は月の桂もにほふ覧光に梅の色はまがひぬ
| haru no yo wa tsuki no katsura mo niouran hikari ni ume no iro wa magainu |
On a night in springtime The moon’s silver trees, too, Must give out their fragrance; In such light the plums’ Hues can be mistaken. |
8
Left (Tie)
うちわたす遠方人はこたえねどにほひぞなのる野べの梅が枝
| uchiwatasu ochikatabito wa kotaenedo nioi zo nanoru nobe no ume ga e |
A far, far, Distant soul Makes no reply, yet A fragrance styles A sprig of plum upon the plain. |
Right
5
飛鳥河遠き梅が枝にほふ夜はいたづらにやは春風の吹
| asukagawa tōki ume ga e niou yo wa itzura ni ya wa harukaze no fuku |
By the Asuka River, From afar a spray of plum Scents the night; Pointlessly Does the spring wind blow? |
6
Left (Win)
おほぞらは梅のにほひに霞つゝくもりもはてぬ春の夜の月
| ōzora wa ume no nioi ni kasumitsutsu kumori mo hatenu haru no yo no tsuki |
The heavens with The scent of plum Are hazed; Not with cloud is covered This spring night’s moon. |
3
Right
こゝろあてにわくともわかじ梅の花散かふ里の春の淡雪
| kokoroate ni waku tomo wakaji ume no hana chirikau sato no haru no awayuki |
A guess Could not tell between The plum blossom Scattered round my dwelling and Spring snow spume. |
4
In the Second Month of the Fourth Year of Kenpô (1216), I selected and ordered two hundred of my own meagre works. In the Sixth Month of the following year, I took the order apart and rearranged it somewhat. In the Seventh Year of Kenpô, I secretly presented it to His Majesty, and received an Imperial judgement upon it.
Left (Tie)
春日野にさくや梅が枝雪まより今は春べと若菜つみつゝ
| kasugano ni saku ya ume ga e yukima yori ima wa harube to wakana tsumitsutsu |
On Kasuga field, O, branches of blooming plum blossom! From the spaces in the snow, ‘Now Spring is come!’ Do we pluck fresh greens. |
1
Right
消なくに又やみ山をうづむらん若菜つむ野も淡雪ぞ降
| kienakuni mata ya miyama o uzumuran wakana tsumu no mo awayuki zo furu |
Has it not gone, and yet The mountains’ depths Does bury? Upon the fresh-green picking fields A spume of snow falls on… |
2