Left (Win)
われききてひとにはつげむほととぎすおもふもしるくまづここになけ
ware kikite hito ni wa tsugeku hototogisu omou shiruku mazu koko ni nake I listen, and
Mitsune
Right
かたをかのあしたのはらをとよむまでやまほととぎすいまぞなくなる
kataoka no ashita no hara o toyomu made yamahototogisu ima zo nakunaru Until in Kataoka
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When ‘Until in Kataoka / The plain of Ashita / Does resound’ had been recited, His Majesty laughed, saying, ‘It would be impossible for it to resound,’ so the final part of the poem was not recited and it lost.
Left (Tie)
むらさきにあふみづなれやかきつばたそこのいろさへかはらざるらむ
murasaki ni au mizu nare ya kakitsubata soko no iro sae kawararuramu Violet
Mitsune
Right
ほととぎすこゑのみするはふくかぜのおとはのやまになけばなりけり
hototogisu koe nomi suru wa fuku kaze no otowa no yama ni nakeba narikeri A cuckoo’s
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Left (Tie)
やまざとにしるひともがなほととぎすなきぬときかばつげもくるがに
yamazato ni shiru hito mogana hototogisu nakinu to kikaba tsuge mo kuru gani At a mountain retreat,
Okikaze
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Right
なつきぬとひとしもつげぬわがやどにやまほととぎすはやくなくなり
natsu kinu to hito shimo tsugenu wa ga yado ni yamahototogisu hayaku nakunari Summer has come—that
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Summer
Five poems on the Fourth Month
Left (Win)
みやまいでてまづはつこゑはほととぎすよぶかくまたむわがやどになけ
miyama idete mazu hatsukoe wa hototogisu yobu kaku matamu wa ga yado ni nake Emerging from the mountains deep,
Masakata[i]
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Right
けふよりはなつのころもになりぬれどきるひとさへはかはらざりけり
kyō yori wa natsu no koromo ni narinuredo kiru hito sae wa kawarazarikeri From today
Mitsune
‘The Right is uninteresting,’ so it lost.
[i] Minamoto no Masakata 源雅固 (dates unknown). A son of Minamoto no Sada’ari 源定有 (dates unknown), one of the sons of Emperor Montoku (827-858; r. 850-858).
Topic unknown.
君が音にくらぶの山の郭公いづれあだなる声まさるらん
kimi ga ne ni kurabu no yama no Fototogisu idure adanaru kowe masaruran Your sweet words
Anonymous
The End of Summer
Left
なくこゑはするものからに身はむなしあなおぼつかなうつせみのよや
naku koe wa suru mono kara ni mi wa munashi ana obotsukana utsusemi no yo ya Their voices sing
Tadamine
Right (Win)
ほととぎすをちかへりなけうなゐこがうちたれがみのさみだれのこゑ
hototogisu ochikaeri nake unaiko ga uchitaregami no samidare no koe A cuckoo
Mitsune
The Beginning of Summer
Left
ふるさとはこだかけれどもきみならぬほととぎすにもうとまれにけり
furusato wa kodakakeredomo kimi naranu hototogisu ni mo utomarenikeri Around this ancient estate
Tadamine
Right (Win)
やまがつのかきほにさけるうのはなはたがしろたへのころもかけしぞ
yamagatsu no kakiho ni sakeru u no hana wa ta ga shirotae no koromo kakeshi zo Along the mountain man’s
Mitsune
Composed on cuckoos.
ふるさとはこだかけれどもきみならぬほととぎすにもうとまれにけり
Furusato Fa Around this ancient estate
Mibu no Tadamine
みやまいでてまづはつこゑはほととぎすよぶかくまたむわがやどになけ
miyama idete Emerging from the mountains’ depths,
Masakata
人ならばまててふべきをほととぎすふたこゑとだにきかですぎぬる
hito naraba Were you a man,
Fujiwara no Motozane
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