Composed on a plant.
紫 糸乎曽吾搓 足檜之 山橘乎 将貫跡念而
| murasaki no ito wo zo pa ga yoru asipiki no yamatatibana wo nukamu to omopite | Violet threads I do twist— The leg-wearying mountain Marlberries Thinking to thread upon them… |
Anonymous
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Entō ōn’uta’awase 5
Round 5
Left (Win)
朝日影まだ出でやらぬ足引の山はかすみの色ぞうつろふ
| asahi kage mada ideyaranu ashihiki no yama wa kasumi no iro zo utsurou | The morning sunlight Has yet to fall upon The leg-wearying Mountains, yet the haze’s Hues are shifting. |
Takasuke, Gentleman-in-Waiting
9
Right
山姫のかすみのそでも紅に光そへたる朝日影かな
| yamahime no kasumi no sode mo kurenai ni hikari soetaru asahi kage kana | The mountain princess has Her sleeves of haze turned Scarlet Draped with light by The morning sunshine! |
Shimotsuke
10
The Left’s poem has no faults worth pointing out; the poem of the Right’s ‘morning sunlight draping scarlet light across the sleeves of haze’ is overly gorgeous, I think, while the Left seems perfectly beautiful, so it should win.
SKKS IV: 382
Topic unknown.
あしびきの山のあなたにすむ人はまたでや秋の月をみるらん
| ashihiki no yama no anata ni sumu hito wa matade ya aki no tsuki o miruran | On the leg-wearying Mountains’ far side Folk dwell—I wonder Do they not have to wait for the autumn Moon to fill their gaze? |
Former Emperor Sanjō
