Blankets
きたれどもうすくれなゐのあつぶすま色によりせばさむからましを
kitaredomo He has come, yet
Tadafusa
Brushwood
冬寒み霜はおけども椎しばのときはの色はあせずもあるかな
fuyu samumi In winter’s chill
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
Oaks 柞
うすくこく木木の梢はみゆれども柞の色の身にもしむかな
usuku koku First faint, then clearly
Daishin
山城の岩田の杜の柞原いはねど秋は色づきにけり
yamasiro no
In Yamashiro
Ki no Rōme
這う蔦のなきよなりせば松が枝にかかる紅葉の色を見ましや
hau tsuta no
Trailing ivy:
Minamoto no Tadafusa
いざらば色にいでなむ恋しきにしのぶをさへばそへてなげかし
iza saraba
So, then, so be it!
夜の程に紅葉しにけりたつた山峰の薄霧いろいろに見ゆ
yoru no hodo ni
In the space of just one night
Cloistered Prince Kakushō
竜田山松のあなたの薄紅葉時雨おくある秋の色かな
tatsutayama
On Tatsuta Mountain
Left (Tie).
aimite mo
Even should you meet me
Lord Ari’ie .
Right.
tsutsumedomo Although they may be hidden in
The Provisional Master of the Empress Household Office .
The Right state: the Left’s poem’s conception is vague. The Left state: the Right’s poem has no faults to indicate.
In judgement: the Left is unclear in style, but the configuration of ‘upon you the years’ (mi ni ya wa toshi no ) is pleasant. Although one wonders why ‘pale scarlet leaves’ (usumomiji ) is used, the following ‘hues may not endure’ (taedemo iro ni ) is elegant. The round should tie.
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