人しれぬ袖ぞ露けき逢ふことはかれのみまさる山のした草
hito shirenu sode zo tsuyukeki au koto wa kare nomi masaru yama no shitagusa Unknown to all
[Nakako,] The Suō Handmaid
In reply.
おく山の下かげ草はかれやする軒ばにのみはおのれなりつつ
oku yama no shitakagegusa wa kare ya suru nokiba ni nomi wa onore naritsutsu Deep within the mountains, have
The Consultant Middle Captain
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つゆながらをりてかざさむきくのはなおいせぬ秋のひさしかるべく[1]
tsuyu nagara orite kasasamu kiku no hana oisenu aki no hisashikarubeku Dew-dappled
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[1] This poem is included in Kokinshū (V: 270 ), where it is attributed to Ki no Tomonori.
あきのよにかりかもなきてわたるなる我が思ふ人のことづてやせる[1]
aki no yo ni On an autumn night
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おく露にくちゆくのべのくさのはやあきのほたるとなりわたるらむ[2]
oku tsuyu ni kuchiyuku nobe no kusa no ha ya aki no hotaru to nariwataruramu Dew falls on
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[1] A minor variant of this poem is included in Gosenshū (VII: 356 ), where it is attributed to [Ki no] Tsurayuki.
[2] This poem is included in Fubokushō (5548), where it is attributed to [Mibu no] Tadamine.
よもぎふに露のおきしくあきのよはひとりぬるみもそでぞぬれける
yomogyū ni tsuyu no okishiku aki no yo wa hitori nuru mi mo sode zo nurekeru Upon the mugwort
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あしひきの山べによするしらなみはくれなゐふかくあきぞ見えける
ashihiki no yamabe ni yosuru shiranami wa kurenai fukaku aki zo miekeru Upon the leg-wearying
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わびひとのとしふるさとはあきのののむしのやどりのなるぞわびしき[1]
wabibito no toshi furu sato wa aki no no no mushi no yadori no naru zo wabishiki For one sunk in sadness
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あきのよのつゆをばつゆとおきながらかりのなみだやのべをそむらん[2]
aki no yo no tsuyu oba tsuyu to okinagara kari no namida ya nobe o somuramu On Autumn nights
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[1] This poems also appears in Fubokushō (5579), where it is attributed to Ariwara no Motokata
[2] This poem also appears in Kokinshū (V: 258 ) and Kokin rokujō (584). In both collections it is attributed to Mibu no Tadamine.
Dew
をぎのはにおけるしらつゆたまかとてそでにつつめどとまらざりけり
ogi no ha ni On the blades of silver grass
His Majesty
Right
いかにしてたまにもぬかむゆふさればをぎのはわけにむすぶしら露
ika ni shite Somehow
Nagayoshi
Dwarf Bamboo 小篠
露しげきをざさが原を分けゆけば衣のすそになびくしら玉
tsuyu shigeki Drenched with dew is
Higo
Groves 原
あさぢふの露にうはげやそほつらんあしたの原にうづら鳴くなり
asajū no Is the cogon grass
Kanemasa
Love on Parting 別恋
あけがたの袖のけしきの露けさに道のしづくはおもひやりなん
akegata no With the dawning
Akinaka
Left
uchitokete
Loosening them,
A Servant Girl
Right (Win)
omoiwabi
In the grief of love,
Lord Tsune’ie
The Right state: the final section of the Left’s poem is difficult to grasp. The Left state: the Right’s poem has no faults to mention.
In judgement: the Left’s ‘sleeping all alone how deep this night is…’ (maro ga marone mo yobukaki mono o ) does not sound as if it links with the initial section of the poem. ‘Alone’ (maro ) is also unacceptable. The Right’s ‘to lend me an over-mantle’ (mi no shirogoromo ) sounds elegant. I make it the winner.
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