朝にありてわが代はつきじ天の戸や出づる月日のてらむかぎりは
| asa ni arite wa ga yo wa tsukji ama no to ya izuru tsukihi no teramu kagiri wa | In the mornings My reign will never end, I feel, While from the gates of Heaven The sun and moon emerge To shine! |
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SKKS XVI: 1547
On the conception of the moon at dawn, for the Kasuga Poetry Match.
天の戸をおしあけがたの雲間より神よの月の影ぞ残れる
| ama no to o oshi akegata no kumoma yori kamiyo no tsuki no kage zo nokoreru | Upon the gates of Heaven Pushing brightening Through the cloud-gaps From the Age of Gods, the moon’s Light lingers. |
The Regent and Chancellor
An allusive variation on SKKS XIV: 1260.
SKKS XIV: 1260
Entō ōn’uta’awase 4
Round Four
Left (Win)
あけぬるか霞の衣たちかへり猶君が代の春をまつかな
| akenuru ka kasumi no koromo tachikaeri nao kimi ga yo no haru o matsu kana | Is it the breaking dawn that Hazy raiment Casts back? Ever for my Lord’s reign’s Springtime do I pine! |
Novice Dōchin
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Right
天の戸のあけゆく空はうれしきを猶はれやらず立つ霞かな
| ama no to no akeyuku sora wa ureshiki o nao hareyarazu tatsu kasumi kana | That Heaven’s door Opens to brighten the sky— What joy, but Still, never clearing is The rising haze! |
Dharma Master Nyogan
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The Left poem’s links with celebration are certainly not something praiseworthy, but I am unable to accept the Right’s ‘joy’. Thus, the Left wins.
