舟とめて見れどもあかず松風に波よせかくる天橋立
| fune tomete miredomo akazu matsukaze ni nami yosekakuru ama no hashidate |
I stop my boat Yet cannot gaze my fill! The wind in the pines Carried by the waves At Ama-no-hashidate! |
Yūshi naishin’nō ke no kii
祐子内親王家紀伊
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Spring III: 20
Left.
追風にすだく河づのもろ聲も浪も寄り來る井手の川水
| oikaze ni sudaku kawazu no morogoe mo nami mo yorikuru ide no kawamizu |
Carried on the wind The swarming frogs’ Chorus, too, Comes with the waves To the waters of Idé. |
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Right (Win).
漕ぎすぐる舟さへとよむ心地して堀江の河づ聲しきるなり
| kogisuguru fune sae toyomu kokochishite horie no kawazu koe shikirunari |
Rowed too far, Even the boat echoes, it does seem; The Horie frogs Crying all together. |
The Assistant Master of the Empress’ Household Office.
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The Right remark that as the Left’s poem contains “carried on the wind” (oikaze ni), it would have been desirable for it to also contain “boat”. The Left content themselves with saying that the reference to “frogs crying” seems “bombastic”.
Shunzei judges, ‘It is as the Right have stated with regard to “carried on the wind.” “Comes with the waves” (nami mo yorikuru) and its associated section, too, sounds impressive, but is really not so. There is logic in the criticism of the Right’s poem for “frogs crying”, but this is how the Horie frogs sound. Thus, the Right should win.’
Spring III: 13
Left (Tie).
さかづきの流れにつけて唐人の船乘りすなるけふをしぞ思
| sakazuki no nagare ni tsukete karahito no fune norisu naru kyō o shi zo omou |
As the wine cups Flow, Cathay folk, Boarding boats This day, comes to my mind. |
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Right (Tie).
ゆく水に浮ぶる花のさか月や流れての代のためしなるらん
| yuku mizu ni ukaburu hana no sakazuki ya nagarete no yo no tameshi naruran |
Upon the flowing waters Floating flowers of Wine cups! In times gone by, Was there ever such a thing? |
The Provisional Master of the Empress’ Household Office.
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Both Left and Right say they have no criticisms to make this round.
Shunzei says, ‘The Left’s poem recalls an ancient Chinese festival, while the Right’s mentions one from our own Court. In terms style and form, neither poem has any particular problems. The round must tie.’
Miscellaneous 96
Left (Tie).
海渡る浦こぐ舟のいたづらに磯路を過てぬれし浪かな
| umi wataru ura kogu fune no itazura ni isoji o sugite nureshi nami kana |
Crossing the seas, Within the bay, rowing boats Futilely Past the rocky shore of fifty years, Wetted with waves of tears. |
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Right (Tie).
あれまくや伏見の里の出がてにうきをしらでぞ今日にあひぬる
| aremaku ya fushimi no sato no idegate ni uki o shirade zo kyō ni ainuru |
All overgrown, My estate at Fushimi I Am unable to depart; In ignorance of the sadness of the world Have I come upon this day. |
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