Left (Tie).
山田守る素児が鳴子に風触れてたゆむ眠り驚かす也
yamada moru
Guarding the mountain fields,
Lord Ari’ie .
385
Right (Tie).
吹折は鳴子の音も絶えせねば風の守りける山田成けり
fuku ori wa
When the wind blows
Lord Tsune’ie .
386
The Right find no fault with the Left’s poem this round. The Left merely state that the first line of the Right’s poem is ‘weak’.
Shunzei’s judgement: In the Left’s poem, the emotional overtones of ‘idle doze’ (tayumu neburi ) do not match those of ‘watchman’ (suko ). Perhaps, instead, it was and old man doing the guarding? As for the Right’s poem, saying ‘when the wind blows’ (fuku ori wa) is weak is an understatement, indeed, and yet it is impossible to award ‘idle doze’ the victory. The round must tie.
When she has gone out flower-viewing in the autumn fields, a man:
秋の野にいでぬとならば花薄しのびにわれを招きやはせぬ
aki no no nisusuki
If to the autumn fields
Topic unknown.
秋の野のくさむらごとにをく露は夜なく蟲のなみだなるべし
aki no no no
In the Autumn fields
Sone no Yoshitada曾禰好忠
When she had gone to the Hôrin [temple], the flowers in Saga Fields were blooming particularly prettily, so she composed this upon seeing them.
秋の野の花みるほどのこゝろをばゆくとやいはむとまるとやいはん
aki no no no
In the Autumn fields,
Akazome Emon
Topic unknown.
秋の野のをばなにまじりさく花のいろにやこひむあふよしをなみ
aki no no no
Within the autumn fields
Anonymous
A poem from a poetry competition at Prince Koresada’s house.
山田もる秋のかりいほにおくつゆはいなおほせ鳥の涙なりけり
yamada moru
Warding the mountain fields
Tadamine忠岑
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