Left (Win).
itsuka sa wa
Sometime it may be that
Lord Sada’ie
Right.
minasegawa
The River Minase runs
Lord Tsune’ie
The Right state: we are unable to admire the Left’s poem. The Left state: if the initial part of the poem has ‘shallow’ (asashi ), we would like there to be ‘deep’ (fukashi ) in the concluding section. In addition, is the poem suggesting that the shallows do not give rise to waves? The initial and concluding section of the poem do not match and the whole is old-fashioned.
In judgement: the Gentlemen of the Right state that they are unable to admire the Left’s poem. It also sounds like there are a number of accumulated criticisms of the Right’s poem. This is enough to cause me quite some perplexity. I am unable to identify any faults in the Left’s poem which render it unworthy of appreciation. Thus, the Left wins.
When she was alone, an enquiry arrived from someone as to how she was, so she attached this to a morning glory and sent it to him.
夕暮のさびしき物は朝顔の花を頼める宿にぞ有りける
yuFugure no
The evening is
Anonymous
家にありし櫃にかぎさし蔵めてし恋の奴のつかみかかりて
ipe ni arisi
In my house and
Prince Hozumi
妹が家路みち黄昏になる時は垣根の花を訪ねてぞ行く
imo ga iFedi
The way to my darling’s house is
Falling Leaves
やどにしくにしきをみればうれしくてさすがに木のはちらばをしまる
yado ni shiku nishiki o mireba ureshikute sasuga ni ko no ha chiraba oshimaru Spread around my house,
Minamoto no Akinaka
限りなく君が齢を延へつつ名だたる宿の露とならなむ
kagirinaku
Limitless
Ise
夢路にはなれし宿見る現にて宇津の山辺の蔦ふける庵
yumeji ni wa
Upon the path of dreams
Fujiwara no Shunzei
草深く荒たる宿の灯火の風にきえぬは蛍なりけり
kusa Fukaku
Deep within the grasses
忘れ草茂れる宿を来て見れば思ひ軒より生ふるなりけり
wasuregusa
The day-lilies
Minamoto no Shunrai
When converting the Man’yōshū to Japanese.
独ぬる宿には月の見えざらば恋しき事の数はまさらじ
Fitori nuru
Sleeping solo
Minamoto no Shitagō
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