Mist
Left (Tie)
うすしともみゆるものからさほやまのみねのあきぎりあきたちにけり
| usushi to mo miyuru mono kara saoyama no mine no akigiri aki tachinikeri | Faint Does it appear, so with Mount Sao’s Peak in autumn mists Autumn has come! |
Taira no Tōmi
13
Right
あさぎりはたつともみえずいとどしきをぐらのやまのふもととおもへば
| asagiri wa tatsu mo miezu itodoshiki ogura no yama no fumoto to omoeba | The morning mists Arise, and hidden Even more are Gloomy Mount Ogura’s Foothills… |
Taira no Sanenao
14
Round Two
Left (Win)
秋霧のたえまにみゆる紅葉ばやたちのこしたる錦なるらん
| akigiri no taema ni miyuru momijiba ya tachinokoshitaru nishiki naruran | The autumn mists have Gaps revealing Scarlet leaves— Remaining offcuts of Brocade, perhaps? |
Lord Tsunemori
75
Right
もみぢちる立田の山はえぞこえぬ錦をふまむ道をしらねば
| momiji chiru tatsuta no yama wa e zo koenu nishiki o fumamu michi o shiraneba | Scattered with scarlet leaves Tatsuta Mountain I cannot cross, for To tread upon a brocade Path I know not how… |
Lord Yorimasa
76
The Right is a poem on fallen leaves and blossom—something about which many people have composed in the recent past and modern times, too. The Left sounds as if it truly depicts things as they are. Its overall construction is lovely, too, so it should win.
たつたやまあきをみなへしすぐさねばおくるぬさこそもみぢなりけれ
| tatsutayama aki o mina heshi sugusaneba okuru nusa koso momiji narikere | On Tatsuta Mountain Autumn for all has Not yet passed by, so Proffered are garlands of Scarlet leaves. |
Motoyori
33
あきぎりをみなへしなびくふくかぜをこのひともとにはなはちるらし
| akigiri o mina heshi nabiku fuku kaze o kono hitomoto ni hana wa chirurashi | The autumn mists Have borne down on all With the gusting wind A single stalk of Blooms seems to scatter… |
Yoshikaze
34
Left
ひとのみることやくるしきをみなへしあきぎりにのみたちかくるらむ
| hito no miru koto ya kurushiki ominaeshi akigiri ni nomi tachikakururamu | For man to gaze on you, Is it so painful, O, Maidenflower, That simply in the autumn mists You must hide yourself away? |
Tadamine
13[1]
Right
とりてみばはかなからんやをみなへしそでにつつめるしらつゆのたま
| torite miba hakanakaran ya ominaeshi sode ni tsutsumeru shiratsuyu no tama | If I pick and look How fleeting are Upon a maidenflower, Enveloped in my sleeves Silver dewdrop pearls. |
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[1] KKS IV: 235