なよ竹のななのももそぢおいぬれどやそのちふしは色もかはらず
| nayotake no nana no momosoji oinuredo yaso no chifushi wa iro mo kawarazu | The young bamboo Seven hundred years of Age has reached, yet O’er eighty thousand joints Will its hues remain unchanged! |
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Bamboo and Felicitations.
竹の葉にふりおほふ雪のうれをおもみしたにも千世の色はかくれず
| take no ha ni furi’ōu yuki no ure o omomi shita ni mo chiyo no iro wa kakurezu | The bamboo leaves Are covered with fallen snow, Tips so heavy, but Beneath, a thousand ages Hue cannot be concealed.[i] |
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[i] See: Topic unknown. ささのはにふりつむ雪のうれをおもみ本くだちゆくわがさかりはも sasa no ha ni / furitsumu yuki no / ure o omomi / moto kudachiyuku / wa ga sakari wa mo ‘The dwarf bamboo leave are / Piled with fallen snow, / Tips so heavy that / They droop down to the roots— / So, too, my prosperity!’ Anonymous (Kokinshū XVII: 891)
Dairi uta’awase – Tenryaku ku-nen 02
Round Two
Left
しらつゆのこのはをわきておくやまのふかきもみぢはいろもうつらじ
| shiratsuyu no ko no ha o wakite okuyama no fukaki momiji wa iro mo utsuraji | Silver dewfall Marks out the leaves upon the trees; In the mountains’ heart, Deep scarlet the autumn leaves Hues, too, will never fade away. |
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Right (Win)
くれなゐのやしほのいろはもみぢばに秋くははれるとしにざりける
| kurenai no yashio no iro wa momijiba ni aki kuwawareru toshi ni zarikeru | With vermillion Dippings eight, hue is laid Upon the scarlet leaves with Autumn added To the year! |
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[i] This poem is included in Gyokuyōshū (V: 794/795) with the headnote, ‘For the scarlet leaves match during the reign of the Tenryaku emperor’.
[ii] This poem is included in Gyokuyōshū (V: 795/796) with the headnote, ‘For the scarlet leaves match during the reign of the Tenryaku emperor’. It is also included in Mandaishū (V: 1223) with the headnote, ‘A poem from the autumn leaves match held at the palace in the intercalary Ninth Month, Tenryaku 9’ and in Kiyotada-shū (38), with the headnote ‘From an autumn leaves match at the palace, in a year when there were two ninth months’.
Dairi uta’awase – Tenryaku ku-nen 01
Palace Poetry Match – Intercalary Ninth Month, Tenryaku 9
Topic: Scarlet Leaves
Poets
A poetry match held by His Majesty, matching scarlet leaves in the intercalary Ninth Month, Tenryaku 9.[i]
Round One
Left
わがをりてくらぶのやまのもみぢばにひとしきいろはあらじとぞおもふ
| wa ga orite kurabu no yama no momijiba ni hitoshiki iro wa araji to zo omou | I pick, and Compare on Mount Kurabu Scarlet leaves— Matching their hues is Nothing at all, I feel! |
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Right (Win)
うすくこくくらぶのやまのもみぢばはつゆもわかねどいろぞまされる
| usuku koku kurabu no yama no momijiba wa tsuyu mo wakanedo iro zo masareru | Both pale and dark To compare are Mount Kurabu’s Scarlet leaves— Not even the dew tells them apart, yet Still superb are their hues! |
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[i] This corresponds to November 955.
Kinkai wakashū 644
When I had made a pilgrimage to the twin shrines.[i]
ちはやぶるいづのお山の玉椿やほよろづ代も色はかはらじ
| chihayaburu izu no oyama no tamatsubaki yaoyorozu yo mo iro wa kawaraji | At the mighty Mount of sacred Izu Gemlike, the camelia trees Through eight million ages Will ne’er change their hues. |
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[i] A reference to Hakone and Izu shrines.
Yōzei’in ichi no miko himegimi uta’awase 14
Original
ちらねどもかねてぞをしきもみぢばはけふをかぎりのいろとみつれば
| chiranedomo kanete zo oshiki momijiba wa kyō o kagiri no iro to mitsureba | They have yet to scatter, but Already, I regret The scarlet leaves, for Today is the utmost Extent of their hues… |
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Left (Win)
あきふかきやまのもみぢもあるものをいまはのいろとおもはざらなむ
| aki fukaki yama no momiji mo aru mono o ima wa no iro to omowazaranamu | Though in the depths of autumn The mountains’ scarlet leaves Are fair, On their hues now I would not have you dwell… |
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Right
かぎりなきいろはためしにをしけれどえだにもみぢはとまりげもなし
| kagiri naki iro wa tameshi ni oshikeredo eda ni momiji wa tomarige mo nashi | Limitlessly fair Hues have there been before, and Regrets, yet The scarlet leaves upon the boughs Show no signs of lingering… |
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Yōzei’in ichi no miko himegimi uta’awase 10
Original
あきやまにこころをのみもいるるかなもみぢのいろのふかきまにまに
| akiyama ni kokoro o nomi mo iruru kana momiji no iro no fukaki manimani | By the autumn mountains My heart, too, is simply Drawn within! While the hues of scarlet leaves Are so deep… |
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Left
あきやまにいらんこころはなごりなくひとにやみえむもみぢちりなば
| akiyama ni iran kokoro wa nagori naku hito ni yamiemu momiji chirinaba | By the autumn mountains Drawn—such a heart Might leave no trace And such a one might cease to be, Should the scarlet leaves all scatter… |
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Right
もみぢするあきにこころのいるひとやあだなることをまづはしるらむ
| momijisuru aki ni kokoro no iru hito ya adanaru koto o mazu wa shiruramu | Scarlet the leaves turn In autumn—one with a heart So drawn, that ‘Tis fleeting Should know first of all! |
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Yōzei’in ichi no miko himegimi uta’awase 06
Original
さほやまのははそのいろはうすけれどあきはふかくもなりにけるかな
| saoyama no hahaso no iro wa usukeredo aki wa fukaku mo narinikeru kana | On Mount Sao The oaks’ hues are Frail, yet Autumn ever deeper Grows! |
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Left (Win)
さほやまのみねのもみぢばいろいろにたつあさぎりぞそらにしるらむ
| saoyama no mine no momijiba iroiro ni tatsu asagiri zo sora ni shiruramu | On Mount Sao The autumn leaves upon the peak Have many hues— The rising morning mists mean That ‘tis surely known up in the skies. |
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Right
うすきこきいろのかぎりぞさほやまはあきはつるまであさきとなみそ
| usuki koki iro no kagiri zo saoyama wa aki hatsuru made asaki to na mi so | Both deep and pale Hues are fair extreme! But on Mount Sao Until the end of autumn Frail I would not have them be! |
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Yōzei’in ichi no miko himegimi uta’awase 04
Original
あきやまはからくれなゐになりにけりいくしほしぐれふりてそめけむ
| akiyama wa karakurenai ni narinikeri iku shio shigure furite somekemu | The autumn mountains To Cathay scarlet Have turned; How many dippings with drizzle Have fallen to dye them so? |
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Left
しぐれつつくれなゐふかくやまのはもあきはてゆけばかひなかりけり
| shiguretsutsu kurenai fukaku yama no ha mo aki hateyukeba kainakarikeri | With every shower The scarlet deepens Of the leaves upon the mountain— With autumn reaching its ending How pointless that is… |
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Right
いくしほもしぐれはふらじさほひめのふかくそめたるいろとこそみれ
| iku shio mo shigure wa furaji saohime no fukaku sometaru iro to koso mire | No matter how many dippings With drizzle fall, Princess Sao’s Deeply dyed Hues we see! |
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Yōzei’in ichi no miko himegimi uta’awase 01
Former Emperor Yōzei, on the 15th day of the Ninth Month, when it fell upon the day of Elder Brother-Metal Monkey, held a poetry match of the Left and Right with his eldest son’s daughters, the First Princess and the Second Princess, as the leaders of the two teams, composing poems in response to prior poems on the conception of the end of autumn.
Original
つきかげのやましたまでにさやけきはよるももみぢのいろをみよとや
| tsukikage no yamashita made ni sayakeki wa yoru mo momiji no iro o miyo to ya | The moonlight To the mountains’ foot Is clear, so At night, too, the scarlet leaves’ Hues behold—I wonder if they say! |
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もみぢせぬあきのやまべのあらばこそつきのひかりをたづねてもみめ
| momiji senu aki no yamabe no araba koso tsuki no hikari o tazunete mo miyu | Should scarlet leaves be not Upon the autumn mountainside Then, surely, still The moon’s light Would I visit to see. |
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Right
つきかげにちりぬべければ〔 〕
| tsukikage ni chirinubekereba | When within the moonlight Can have scattered |
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