Left (Tie).
tsure mo naki
That heartless
Lord Suetsune .
Right.
aki no tsuki
The autumn moon
The Provisional Master of the Empress’ Household Office .
The Right state: if one is inviting someone to come and visit, then there is no reason to mention ‘just an image’ (kage bakari ). We wonder whether the invitation is addressed to the sky? The Left state: the Right’s poem is pedestrian.
In judgement: both Left and Right have the same conception of an invitation addressed to the moon. The Round can only be a tie.
Left.
ikade nao
Somehow
Lord Kanemune .
Right (Win).
ame fure to
Let the rain fall!
Jakuren .
The Right state: the Left’s poem lacks any deep meaning. The Left state: we find no faults to mention.
In judgement: this round I will leave comment to the Gentlemen of both teams, and so make the Right the winner.
秋山のしたひが下に鳴く鳥の声だに聞かば何か嘆かむ
akiyama no
In the autumn moutains
Anonymous
On frogs.
神なびの山下響み行く水にかはづ鳴くなり秋と言はむとや
kamunabi no
The sacred
Anonymous
[One of] Four poems composed by the Empress Iwanohime, when thinking fondly of the Emperor [Nintoku].
秋の田の穂の上に霧らふ朝霞いつへの方に我が恋やまむ
aki no ta no In the autumn fields
Empress Iwanohime
A poem composed in reply.
をしむらむ人の心を知らぬ間に秋の時雨と身ぞふりにける
wosimuramu
While the feelings of regret
Prince Kanemi
Topic uknown.
秋くれば野もせに虫の織り亂る聲の綾をば誰か着るらん
aki kureba
When the autumn comes,
Fujiwara no Motoyoshi
秋の野の露分け衣うち払いいまや出づると立待の月
aki no no no
In the autumn fields
竜田山松のあなたの薄紅葉時雨おくある秋の色かな
tatsutayama
On Tatsuta Mountain
Composed for a folding screen in the residence of Nishinomiya Minister of the Left [Minamoto no Taka’akira (914-983)], to accompany an image of a group of women in travelling clothes among the autumn leaves on the path across the Shiga Mountains.
名を聞けば昔ながらの山なれどしぐるる秋は色まさりけり
na wo kikeba
When I hear its name,
Minamoto no Shitagō (911-983)
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