Round Sixteen
Left
荻のはは暮行く風に音すなり我がまつ人のかからましかば
ogi no ha wa kureyuku kaze ni otosu nari wa ga matsu hito no kakaramashikaba The cogon grass fronds
Major Controller of the Left Tametaka
Right
逢ふことはかた野にしげる荻の葉の音をばたつな秋ははつとも
au koto wa katano ni shigeru ogi no ha no oto oba tatsu na aki wa hatsu tomo Our meeting, so hard:
Horikawa, Court Lady to Her Highness
I feel that the emotions encompassed by the sound of the wind in ‘Were it the man I’m waiting for / It would be better’ sounded more striking than ‘On the hillside thickly growing, / O, cogon grass fronds’.
Love and Silver-grass.
まつ人はこぬものゆゑに花すすきほに出でてねたき恋もするかな
matsu hito wa konu mono yue ni hanasusuki ho ni idete netaki koi mo suru kana The man I am awaiting
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秋はぎのはなののすすき露をおもみおのれしをれてほにや出でなん
akihagi no hana no susuki tsuyu o omomi onore shiorete ho ni ya idenan Where the autumn bush clover
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Love on being unable to meet after meeting.
ima sara ni nani o ka shinobu hanasusuki ho ni ideshi aki mo tare naranaku ni Now ‘tis come to such a pass
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Left – Silver grass
花すすきはやくほにいでてうちなびきちとせのあきをまねけとぞ思ふ
hanasusuki hayaku ho ni idete uchinabiki chitose no aki o maneke to zo omou The silver-grass
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Right
(Missing)
Silver grass
Left (Tie)
はなすすきほにいづるをのはしらくものあさゐるとのみあやまたれけり
hanasusuki ho ni izuru ono wa shirakumo no asa iru to nomi ayamatarekeri Silver grass
Ariwara no Suetaka
Right
はなすすきほのくれがたのつゆけきはうきよのなかをそよとしればか
hanasusuki ho no kuregata no tsuyukeki wa ukiyo no naka o soyo to shireba ka The silver grass
Fujiwara no Aritoki
On the conception of autumn turning cold early, when frost falls in the Ninth Month.
虫のねもほのかに成りぬ花すすき秋のすゑばに霜や置くらん
mushi no ne mo honoka ni narinu hanasususki aki no sueba ni shimo ya okuran The insects’ cries, too,
我のみや侘しとはおもふ花すすきほにいづるやどの秋の夕暮
ware nomi ya wabishi to wa omou hanasususki ho ni izuru yado no aki no yūgure Is it me, alone, who
Composed on the conception of evening.
たそがれに物おもひをれば我が宿の荻のはそよぎ秋風ぞふく
tasogare ni mono’omoi oreba wa ga yado no ogi no ha soyogi akikaze zo fuku With the twilight
すむ人もなき宿なれど荻のはの露を尋ねて秋はきにけり
sumu hito mo naki yado naredo ogi no ha no tsuyu o tazunete aki wa kinikeri Folk living at
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