Round Twenty
Scarlet Leaves
Left (Tie)
秋されば暁つゆにいもが袖まきぎの山ににほふもみぢば
aki sareba akatsuki tsuyu ni imo ga sode makigi no yama ni niou momijiba When the autumn comes,
Masashige
Right
下染はおなじみどりにみし程も紅葉の色のうすくこきかな
shitazome wa onaji midori ni mishi hodo mo momiji no iro no usuku koki kana First dyed
Kūnin
The Left has a lofty tone, yet the Right is still smooth. Thus, I make this a tie.
Round Nineteen
Left (Win)
うちはらふ枕のちりもかくれなくあれたる宿をてらす月影
uchiharau makura no chiri mo kakurenaku aretaru yado o terasu tsukikage Needing to be swept away,
Taifu
Right
秋の夜の月みる袖におく露やひるにかはれるしるしなるらん
aki no yo no tsuki miru sode ni oku tsuyu ya hiru ni kawareru shirushi naruran On an autumn night
Yorisuke
In both the moon is bright, and I feel they reflect the essential meaning of the topic, but as its diction is currently slightly more familiar, I make the Left the winner. It would be possible to call this a tie, too, though.
Cicadas
夏山に鳴くなるせみのこがくれて秋ちかしとや声もをしまぬ
natsuyama ni naku naru semi no kogakurete aki chikashi to ya koe mo oshimanu In the summer mountains
On ‘fireflies confused in flight—autumn’s already near’.
かきつばたおふるさはべに飛ぶほたる数こそまされ秋やちかけん
kakitsubata ouru sawabe ni tobu hotaru kazu koso masare aki ya chikaken Irises
A breeze on a river resembling autumn.
岩くぐる水にや秋のたつ田川かは風すずし夏の夕ぐれ
iwa kuguru mizu ni ya aki no tatsutagawa kawakaze suzushi natsu no yūgure Running ‘neath the rocks
あきすぎてはなざかりなるきくのはないろにたぐひてあきやかへれる
aki sugite hanazakari naru kiku no hana iro ni taguite aki ya kaereru Autumn is past and
Korenori
なみとのみうちこそみゆれすみのえのきしにのこれるしらぎくのはな
nami to nomi uchi koso miyure suminoe no kishi ni nokoreru shiragiku no hana Simply as waves
Korenori
On crickets
蟋蟀之 待歓 秋夜乎 寐験無 枕与吾者
こほろぎの まちよろこぶる あきのよを ぬるしるしなし まくらとわれは
koporogi no The crickets
Anonymous
Composed on crickets
庭草尓 村雨落而 蟋蟀之 鳴音聞者 秋付尓家里
にはくさに むらさめふりて こほろぎの なくこゑきけば あきづきにけり
nipa kusa ni Upon my garden’s grasses
Anonymous
Composed when remembering someone who had passed away in the autumn.
としごとにむかしはとほくなりゆけどうかりし秋はまたもきにけり
tosi goto ni Every single year
Minamoto no Shigeyuki
Gentian
りんだうの花の本こそさかりなれなべての秋はあさぢふのすゑ
rindō no hana no moto koso sakari nare nabete no aki wa asajū no sue The gentian
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