Round Twenty
Scarlet Leaves
Left (Tie)
秋されば暁つゆにいもが袖まきぎの山ににほふもみぢば
aki sareba akatsuki tsuyu ni imo ga sode makigi no yama ni niou momijiba When the autumn comes,
Masashige
Right
下染はおなじみどりにみし程も紅葉の色のうすくこきかな
shitazome wa onaji midori ni mishi hodo mo momiji no iro no usuku koki kana First dyed
Kūnin
The Left has a lofty tone, yet the Right is still smooth. Thus, I make this a tie.
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
あきすぎてはなざかりなるきくのはないろにたぐひてあきやかへれる
aki sugite hanazakari naru kiku no hana iro ni taguite aki ya kaereru Autumn is past and
Korenori
なみとのみうちこそみゆれすみのえのきしにのこれるしらぎくのはな
nami to nomi uchi koso miyure suminoe no kishi ni nokoreru shiragiku no hana Simply as waves
Korenori
Poems from a Chrysanthemum Match held by the Senior Courtier Gentlemen in the presence of His Majesty, 13th day of the Tenth Month, Engi 13.
chirihatete All scattered now,
shirakumo no A white cloud,
Suetada
Topic unknown.
我が恋はまだ雪きえぬわか草の色にぞいでぬ下にもえつつ
wa ga koi wa My love is
Anonymous
Round Five
Left (Tie)
にほふ香はいづれの梅もかはらねど色なる花ぞわきて身にしむ
niou ka wa izure no ume mo kawaranedo \iro naru hana zo wakite mi ni shimu The fragrant scent of
Iemoto
Right
梅の花かをばたもとにしむれども色をばえこそうつさざりけれ
ume no hana ka oba tamoto ni shimuredomo iro oba e koso utsusazarikeri The plum blossoms’
Kūnin
I wish I could say that the Left is superior, but that is not the case, so a tie.
A poem written on a folding screen with paintings of the four seasons, created as a backdrop for the fortieth birthday celebrations of Lord Fujiwara, Major Captain of the Right, by the Principal Handmaid – Autumn.
秋くれど色もかはらぬときは山よそのもみぢを風ぞかしける
aki kuredo Autumn has come, yet
Sakanoe no Korenori
Created with Soan.
When composing a fifty-poem sequence for Cloistered Prince Shukaku.
紅葉ばのいろにまかせてときは木も風にうつろふ秋の山かな
momijiba no To the scarlet leaves’
Kintsugu, Supernumerary Master of the Crown Prince’s Household Office
Created with Soan.
On a folding screen for the celebrations of the birthday of Her Majesty, the Empress in Shōhei 4.[1]
色かへぬ松と竹とのすゑの世をいづれひさしと君のみぞ見む
iro kaFenu Ever unchanging hues
The Handmaid to the Ise Virgin
Created with Soan. [1] The empress in question was Fujiwara no Onshi (Yasuko) 藤原穏子 (885-954), the consort of Emperor Daigo. The birthday being marked was her fiftieth, with the celebrations taking place on the 26th day of the Third Month, Shōhei 承平 4 [12.5.934].
足引乃 山橘之 色出而 吾恋南雄 合難為名
asipiki no As the leg-wearying mountain
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'Simply moving and elegant'
