Round Seven
Cherry
Left (Win)
からくにの虎伏すのべににほふとも花の下にはねてぞ帰らん
| karakuni no tora fusu nobe ni niou tomo hana no shita ni wa nete zo kaeran | Even in the land of Cathay, where Tigers lie among the meadows— Should they shine there, then Beneath the blossoms Would I sleep and then head home. |
Lord Kiyosuke
13
Right
わぎもこがはこねの山のいと桜むすびおきたる花かとぞみる
| wagimoko ga hakone no yama no itozakura musubiokitaru hana ka to zo miru | As my darling’s treasured Box is Hakone Mountain, with Weeping cherries Bound, or So the blossoms do appear to me. |
Kenshō
14
Neither of these are bad, but because for the moment it has a stronger conception of affection for the blossom, the Left is superior.
A poem by Ōtomo no sukune Yakamochi when he arrived at a maiden’s gate.
妹家之 門田乎見跡 打出来之 情毛知久 照月夜鴨
いもがいへの かどたをみむと うちいでこし こころもしるく てるつくよかも
| imo ga ipe no kadota wo mimu to uti’idekosi kokoro mo siruku teru tukuyo kamo | My darling’s house has Rice fields before its door—to see them Have I come, My heart brightened on A shining moonlit night! |
A poem presented by Prince Ōtsu to the Elder Maiden of Ishikawa.
足日木乃 山之四付二 妹待跡 吾立所沾 山之四附二
あしひきの山のしづくに妹待つとわれ立ち濡れぬ山のしづくに
| asipiki no yama no siduku ni imo matu to ware tatinurenu yama no siduku ni | On the leg-wearying Mountain, among the droplets I await my darling, so Standing there, I’ll be drenched By the mountain droplets! |
Left (Tie)
ふりはへてはなみにくればくらぶやまいとどかすみのたちかくすらむ
| furihaete hana mi ni kureba kurabuyama itodo kasumi no tachikakusuramu | When with many trials The blossom have I come to see Upon Kurabu Mountain Already does the haze Seem to rise to conceal them. |
Okikaze
17
Right
いもやすくねられざりけりはるのよははなのちるのみゆめにみえつつ
| imo yasuku nerarezarikeri haru no yo wa hana no chiru nomi yume ni mietsutsu | My darling, uneasily, Does sleep; On a night in springtime Scattering blossom, alone, In her dreams does she ever see… |
18
‘These are just about amusing,’ they tied.
