Among the poems he presented to the Hiyoshi Shrine.
みるままにかねのねとほくなりにけり雲もかさなる峰の古寺
miru mama ni As I gaze upon it
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Masayo
An ancient temple’s bell.
波の音にうちまじりても聞えけり石山寺の入あひのかね
nami no oto ni With it the sound of waves
Kinoshite Takafumi
山寺のあか月がたの鐘のおとをわがおもふことなるときかばや
yamadera no At a mountain temple
Fujiwara no Sadayori
In a hundred poem sequence which he presented to the Hiyoshi Shrine.
春ふかき野でらたちこむる夕霞つつみのこせるかねの音かな
haru fukaki Deep in springtime
Former Major Archbishop Jichin [Jien]
Temples 寺
法の声入あひのかねにひびきあひてあはれつきせぬふるき山寺
nori no koe Voices chanting sutras, and
Daishin
Temples 寺
木の葉ちり鹿なく秋の山寺はいりあひのかねの音ぞさびしき
ko no ha chiri Leaves scattering from the trees, and
Higo
Temples 寺
有為の世はけふかあすかのかねの音をあはれいつまできかんとすらん
ui no yo wa In this mundane world
Kanemasa
Temples 寺
つくづくとすぎもゆくかな山寺にいりあひのかねの声ばかりして
tsukuzuku to How fervently
Nakazane
Stars 星
夕づつのなどてまだきに入りぬらんねよてふかねの音もせなくに
yūzutsu no With every eve
Tadafusa
Left (Win).
kimi yue ni
For lack of you, I am
A Servant Girl .
Right.
tamahōki
A jewelled broom
Ietaka .
The Right state: we wonder about the appropriateness of ‘swiftly’ (yagate ). The Left state: should one mention a monk in a poem about Love?
In judgement: the configuration of the Left’s ‘In sorrow and despite; the tolling of the bell’ (itou mo kanashi kane no koe ) sounds pleasant, so ‘swiftly’ does not seem unsuited. The Left wins.
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