Left (Win).
sarade dani
That is not it, yet even so,
Lord Ari’ie .
Right.
ika nareba
For some reason
Jakuren .
The Right state: the Left’s poem is most admirable. The Left state: the Right’s poem is definitely not!
In judgement: to give the gist of the comments by the Gentlemen of the Left and the Right, the Left’s poem is admirable, and the Right’s poem is not admirable at all. I see no need to make much more of this round that that, so, the Left wins.
When former emperor Reizei was Crown Prince, and ordered that a hundred poem sequence be presented.
花の色に染めし袂の惜しけれは衣かへうきけふにもあるかな
Fana no iro ni
The blossoms’ hue
Minamoto no Shigeyuki
川社しのにおりはへ乾す衣いかに乾せばか七日干ざらん
kaFa yasiro
At a river shrine
Ki no Tsurayuki
数ならぬ我が身は夜の衣がはきつれば人のまづかへすらむ
kazu naranu
Numberless are
Minamoto no Shunrai
夜とともにほせとほされぬ衣かな身をやく恋はきえぬものから
yo to tomo ni
With the coming of the night,
Composed for the Poetry Competition held at the Residence of Middle Councillor Toshitada.
くれなゐの濃染の衣うへにきむこひのなみたの色かくるやと
kurenawi no
In scarlet
Fujiwara no Akitsuna
旅寝するとをちのさとに月すみて都はるかに衣うつなり
tabine suru Sleeping on my travels in
On rain.
春雨に衣はいたく通らめや七日し降らば七日来じとや
parusame ni
By spring showers
Anonymous
Left.
mono’omou
Sunk in lonely thought
Lord Kanemune .
Right.
urami wabi
In despite and sorrow,
The Provisional Master of the Empress’ Household Office .
The Right state: the use of the question in the Left’s poem, means that the comparison is not made sufficiently forcefully. The Left state: we find no faults worth mentioning in particular in the Right’s poem.
In judgement: neither poem seems to have any qualities which make them worthy of a win, or a loss.
Composed during the Engi Period for a folding screen, on the spirit of sacred music in the summer:
川社しのにおりはへ乾す衣いかに乾せばか七日干ざらん
kawa yashiro
At a river shrine
Ki no Tsurayuki
Posts navigation
'Simply moving and elegant'