Plum
Round Three
Left (Tie)
あしがきのおくゆかしくもみゆるかな誰がすむ宿の梅の立えぞ
ashigaki no oku yukashiku mo miyuru kana ta ga sumu yado no ume no tachie zo A fence of reeds and
Lord Kiyosuke
Right
ひばりあがる春の日ぐらし袖たれてかきねの梅の花みるわれは
hibari agaru haru no higurashi sode tarete kakine no ume no hana miru ware wa Skylarks soar
Kenshō
The Left is in cliched style, while the final line of the Right is interrupted—a tie, I think.
Listening to a flute in a village.
おきゐつつねざめのみするころにしもよぶかきふえのこゑをきくかな
oki’itsutsu Ever and always on arising and
Minamoto no Michinari (?-1019)
Next Door 隣
中がきにおふる草木のはをしげみ夏ぞとなりはうとく成りける
nakagaki ni The fence between is
Daishin
Next Door 隣
もろともにまぢかきほどにすまひしていざ垣ごしに物語せん
morotomo ni Together
Higo
Next Door 隣
かきごしにほのめくだにもあるものをねたくも梅のあるじなるかな
kakigoshi ni Through a gap in the fence
Toshiyori
Shrines 社
神がきやみむろの山の木がくれにも見えまがはぬはあけの玉がき
kamigaki ya O, sacred wall!
Tadafusa
Ancient Estates 故郷
さしながらまだをののえはくちなくにまがきもねやもあらぬ里かな
sashinagara Not entirely
Nakazane
薄霧のまかき籬の花の朝じめり秋は夕べと誰か言ひけむ
usugiri no
Faintly misted
Fujiwara no Kiyosuke
Left (Tie).
namida seku
Tears are dammed upon
Lord Sada’ie
Right.
ume ga e no
The plum branches’
Jakuren
Both teams state there are no faults with their opponent’s poem.
In judgement: the Gentlemen of both Left and Right have stated that there are no faults with the style of either poem. I accept that and will make this round a tie.
Composed on a fence, covered with deutzia blooms.
いづれをか分きて問はまし山里の垣根続きに咲ける卯の花
idure wo ka
Where
Ōe no Motofusa
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'Simply moving and elegant'
