Left
あしひきのやまとなでしこいろふかきけふやこふてふひとをまたまし
| ashihiki no yamato nadeshiko iro fukaki kyō ya kou chō hito o matamashi | Leg-wearying the Mountains of Yamato, the pinks’ Hues so deep, that I wonder for today and one to love them Have they awaited? |
Nakatsukasa
3[i]
Right (Tie)
みなそこにかげさへにほふなでしこはなみのはなをやいろにそむらむ
| minasoko ni kage sae niou nadeshiko ha nami no hana o ya iro ni somuramu | The very riverbed With their shapes does glow— Do the pinks Even the spray from off the waves Dye with their hues, I wonder? |
4[ii]
[i] A similar poem to this is included in Nakatsukasa’s personal collection, Nakatsukasa-shū (118): かきほなるやまとなでしこいろふかきけふやこふこふ人をまたまし kakio naru / yamato nadeshiko / iro fukaki / kyō ya kou / hito o matamashi ‘By the lattice fence / The Yamato pinks’ / Hues are so deep, that / I wonder for today and one to love them / Have they awaited?’
[ii] Some texts of this match have an alternate wording for this poem: みなそこにかげさへみゆるなでしこのなみのはなをやいろにそむらむ minasoko ni / kage sae miyuru / nadeshiko no / nami no hana o ya / iro ni somuramu ‘Upon the very riverbed / Their shapes do appear— / Do the pinks / Even the spray from off the waves / Dye with their hues, I wonder?’