Left (Win).
枕にも跡にも露の玉散りてひとり起きゐる小夜の中山
| makura ni mo ato ni mo tsuyu no tama chirite hitori oki’iru sayo no naka yama |
Upon my pillow and My foot prints both, dew Drops have fallen Awakening alone in Sayo-no-Nakayama. |
A Servant Girl
889
Right.
草枕ひとりあかしの浦風にいとゞ涙ぞ落ちまさりける
| kusamakura hitori akashi no ura kaze ni itodo namida zo ochimasarikeru |
Pillowed on the grass, Alone at dawn in Akashi, The breeze from the bay Makes even more tears Fall. |
Lord Tsune’ie.
890
The Right state they have no criticisms of the Left’s poem. The Left merely say that the Right’s poem is ‘old-fashioned’.
Shunzei’s judgement: The Left’s ‘dew drops’ (tsuyu no tama) falling so widely at Sayo-no-Nakayama one can surmise to be deeply expressive of the concept of travel. The Right’s Akashi Bay is a place strongly associated with the sad sound of the wind and the waves, but the final ‘makes even more fall’ (ochimasarikeru) is insufficient. Thus, the Left should win.
Left (Tie).
眺めやる心の末も泊まれとや月に宿貸す廣澤の池
| nagameyaru kokoro no sue mo tomare to ya tsuki ni yado kasu hirosawa no ike |
‘Your wandering gaze Will find a resting place Here!’, is that what you say? Lending lodging to the moon, O, pond at Hirosawa! |
415
Right (Tie).
更科も明石もこゝに誘ひ來て月の光は廣澤の池
| sarashina mo akashi mo koko ni sasoikite tsuki no hikari wa hirosawa no ike |
Should I Sarashina and Akashi bring here, The best moonlight would be on Hirosawa Pond. |
416
Neither Left nor Right have any criticisms to make this round.
Shunzei’s judgement: The Left’s “‘Will find a resting place here!’, is that what you say?” (kokoro no sue mo tomare to ya) seems particularly fine [yoroshiku koso miehaberu], but so is the Right’s “Akashi bring here” (akashi mo koko ni sasoikite) in form and diction [sugata kotoba] and so it is impossible to say it is inferior to the Left. This is a solid tie [yoki ji].
When the moon was shining brightly and I was conversing with a lady, we heard the plovers call:
濱千鳥いづこに鳴くぞ月まつと
| Fama tidori iduko ni naku zo tuki matu to |
Plovers on the beach: Where do they cry? While waiting for the moon… |
I said, and she concluded:
あかしの浦とおもふなるべし
| akasi no ura to omoFunarubesi |
Bright Akashi Bay Must be their thought! |
Topic unknown.
ほのぼのと明石の浦の朝霧に島がくれ行く舟をしぞ思ふ
| Fonobono to akasi no ura no asagiri ni simagakure yuku Fune wo si zo omoFu |
In the gloaming Across Akashi Bay Through the morning mists Vanishing between the islands I follow a boat with my thoughts. |
Anonymous.
This poem is said by some to be by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro