When a man who had long visited a woman at the house of the Sugawara Minister, ceased coming for a while, and then came once more.
菅原や伏見の里の荒れしより通ひし人のあともたえにき
| sugaFara ya Fusimi no sato no aresi yori kayoFisi Fito no ato mo taeniki |
Sedge fields lie Around the estate of Fushimi, All long overgrown; He who passed across them Has left no tracks at all… |
Anonymous
Left (Tie).
明方に夜はなりぬとや菅原や伏見の田居に鴫ぞ立ちける
| akekata ni yo wa narinu to ya sugawara ya fushimi no tai ni shigi zo tachikeru |
Is it that dawn Has come to break the night, That from the sedge-lined Fields of Fushimi The snipe have started? |
403
Right.
明ぬるか鴫の羽がき閨過ぎて袖に月もる深草の里
| akenuru ka shigi no hanegaki neya sugite sode ni tsuki moru fukakusa no sato |
Has dawn come? The snipe’s wingbeats Cross my bedchamber, Sleeves lit by lonely moonlight In the overgrown depths of Fukakusa… |
404
The Right state, ‘There is no precedent for the addition of “fields” (tai) to “sedge-lined Fushimi” (sugawara ya fushimi). In addition, using ya at the end of both the second and third lines is grating on the ear.’ The Left merely remark, ‘“Fukakusa” is now, perhaps more commonly associated with quail.”
Shunzei’s judgement: ‘In regard to the Right’s poem, although one would really like there to be a precedent, and there are doubtless rice fields in “sedge-lined Fushimi”, I do still feel that “fields” here is a little outre, is it not? While the Left’s “sleeved lit by lonely moonlight” (sode ni tsuki moru) is superlative, I would prefer “quail” to be associated with “Fukakusa”. If snipe call for a place name, it is not Fukakusa, but Yamada, I would think. Both poems are excellent, but with faults, and for this reason the round ties.’
Being in a place called Fushimi, someone composed this on the spirit of the place:
菅原や伏見の暮に見わたせば霞にまがふ小初瀬の山
| sugaFara ya Fusimi no kure ni miwataseba kasumi ni magaFu woFatuse no yama |
When from the sedge fields Of Fushimi at evening time I gaze across, A mere haze does seem The mount of Hatsuse! |
Anonymous
Left.
夕立はなごりも見えず晴にけりいづら小河の音ばかりして
| yūdachi wa nagori mo miezu harenikeri izura ogawa no oto bakarishite |
The evening shower Leaving no trace Has cleared; Where is the stream? Amidst the sound of trickling water… |
285
Right (Win).
初瀬山入日はさせど菅原や伏見の里は夕立の空
| hatsuseyama irihi wa sasedo sugawara ya fushimi no sato wa yūdachi no sora |
From Hatsuse Mountain The setting sun does shine, yet Above Sugawara and The estate of Fushimi Evening showers fill the sky. |
The Provisional Master of the Empress’ Household Office.
286
Neither Left nor Right has anything to say this round.
Shunzei simply says, ‘The Right’s “The estate of Fushimi evening showers fill the sky” is particularly fine. The Right must win.’
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. |
191
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. |
192
A man, who had been visiting a woman in the house of the Sugawara Minister of the Right [Michizane], broke off their relationship, then wrote to her again; she replied:
| sugaFara ya Fusimi no sato no aresi yori kayoFisi Fito no ato mo taeniki |
The Sugawara Estate of Fushimi Is all overgrown, and Of him who used to come here Every single trace has gone! |
Anonymous
Topic unknown.
いざこゝにわが世は經なむ菅原や伏見の里の荒れまくもおし
| iza koko ni wa ga yo Fa Fenamu sugaFara ya Fusimi no sato no aremaku mo osi |
So, here I will pass my days: The sedge beds of My estate at Fushimi are All overgrown – so sad! |
Anonymous
In the same house, when he had winter poems composed containing place-names, this was composed on snow on the estate of Fushimi.
夢かよふみちさへたえぬくれ竹のふしみのさとの雪のしたをれ
| yume kayou michi sae taenu kuretake no fushimi no sato no yuki no shitaore | In dreams I trod A path now gone: The bamboo at Fushimi is Broken in the snow. |
Ari’ie
有家
Composed when he was ordered to produce a fifty poem sequence for Priest-Prince Shukaku.
あけぬるか衣手さむしすがはらやふしみのさとの秋のはつ風
| akenuru ka koromode samushi sugawara ya fushimi no sato no aki no hatsukaze |
Has it dawned? Oh, my sleeves are chill! In the village of Fushimi In Sugawara With the first breeze of autumn… |
Fujiwara no Ietaka
藤原家隆
Composed as part of a hundred poem sequence for Her Majesty.
ふしみ山松のかげより見わたせばあくる田のもに秋風ぞふく
| fushimi yama matsu no kage yori miwataseba akuru ta no mo ni akikaze zo fuku |
When on Fushimi Mountain, In the pine-trees’ shade, I gaze out and see Across the brightening fields The autumn wind is blowing. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office [Fujiwara no] Toshinari
藤原俊成