わぎもこがひもゆふぐれのきくなればあかずぞはなのいろはみえける
wagimoko ga hi mo yūgure no kiku nareba akazu zo hana no iro wa miekeru My darling girl
Korenori
きくのはなふゆののかぜにちりもせでけふまでとてやしもはおくらん
kiku no hana fuyu no kaze ni chiri mo sede kyō made tote ya shimo wa okuran Chrysanthemum blooms
Korenori
かげさへやこよひはにほふきくのはなあまてるつきにかのそはるらん
kage sae ya koyoi wa niou kiku no hana ama teru tsuki ni ka no sowaruran Even their shape
Korenori
行く春のかたみとおもふにあまつ空有明の月は影もたえにき
yuku haru no katami to omou ni ama tsu sora ariake no tsuki wa kage mo taeniki Of departing spring
Topic unknown.
いかでかは天つ空にもかすむべき心のうちにはれぬ思ひを
ikade ka wa How is it that
Sagami
Round Four
Left (Win)
あけぬるか霞の衣たちかへり猶君が代の春をまつかな
akenuru ka kasumi no koromo tachikaeri nao kimi ga yo no haru o matsu kana Is it the breaking dawn that
Novice Dōchin
7
Right
天の戸のあけゆく空はうれしきを猶はれやらず立つ霞かな
ama no to no akeyuku sora wa ureshiki o nao hareyarazu tatsu kasumi kana That Heaven’s door
Dharma Master Nyogan
8
The Left poem’s links with celebration are certainly not something praiseworthy, but I am unable to accept the Right’s ‘joy’. Thus, the Left wins.
On thunder.
天のはら鳴る神いかに思ふらんけふは身をしる雨とこそふれ
ama no hara From the plain of Heaven
Anonymous
Wisteria
Left (Win)
おくつゆのひかりてたまぞみえまがふちのはな がらにきえずもあらなむ
oku tsuyu no hikarite tama zo miemagau chi no ha na gara ni kiezu mo aranamu The fallen dewdrops
21
Right
あまつそらてりみくもりみゆくつきのふちのはな どはさやけかるらん
ama tsu sora terimi kumorimi yuku tsuki no fuchi no ha na do wa sayakekaruran Through the heaven-bound skies
Fukayabu
A miscellaneous poem on spring.
久方之 天芳山 此夕 霞霏［］ 春立下
ひさかたの天の香具山この夕霞たなびく春立つらしも
pisakata no Upon eternal
ひさかたの天つしるしと水無し川隔てて置きし神代し恨めし
pisakata no The eternal
Left
秋のよのあまてる月の光にはおく白露を玉とこそ見れ
aki no yo no ama teru tsuki no hikari ni wa oku shiratsuyu o tama to koso mire On an autumn night
98[1]
Right
あきののにおける露をばひとりぬる我が涙とも思ひしれかし
aki no no ni okeru tsuyu oba hitori nuru wa ga namida to mo omoishire kashi Upon the autumn fields
99
[1] Shinchokusenshū V: 281/Shinsen man’yōshū 95
A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Empress Dowager during the reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
秋のよのあまてる月の光にはおく白露を玉とこそ見れ
aki no yo no ama teru tsuki no hikari ni wa oku shiratsuyu o tama to koso mire On an autumn night
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