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Daikōtaigōgū daijin kiyosuke-ason ke uta’awase 07

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.

MYS VIII: 1596

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 kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

MYS II: 107

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!
A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

Teiji-in uta’awase 09

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.