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Left
いつしかもゆきてはやみむあきのののはなのしたひもとけはてぬらん
| itsu shika mo yukite wa yamimu aki no no no hana no shitahimo tokehatenuran | Swiftly Shall I halt my travels In an autumn meadow; A blossom’s underbelt Seems completely undone. |
Korenari
5
Right (Win)
かりにとやいもはまつらんあきのののはなみるほどはいへぢわすれぬ
| kari ni to ya imo wa matsuran aki no no no hana miru hodo wa ieji wasurenu | Is it but briefly that My sweetheart should wait? In an autumn meadow While gazing at the flowers The way home I have quite forgot! |
Nagayoshi
6
Left (Tie)
この比の心の底をよそに見ば鹿鳴く野邊の秋の夕暮
| kono koro no kokoro no soko o yoso ni miba shika naku nobe no aki no yūgure |
Of late Of the depths of my heart Were you to catch a distant glimpse: A stag belling in the meadow On an autumn evening… |
A Servant Girl
1067
Right
暮れかゝる裾野の露に鹿鳴きて人待つ袖も涙そふ也
| kurekakaru susono no tsuyu ni shika nakite hito matsu sode mo namida sou nari |
Twilight Drapes dewfall on the mountains’ skirts, With a stag’s sad cry; Awaiting him, my sleeves, too, Are wet with tears. |
Nobusada
1068
Left and Right together: we find no faults to mention.
In judgement: it would be impossible to ever exhaust the overtones of feeling in ‘a stag belling in the meadow on an autumn evening’ (shika naku nobe no aki no yūgure) in the Left’s poem; in the Right’s poem the configuration and conception of ‘awaiting him, my sleeves, too, are wet with tears’ (hito matsu sode mo namida sou nari) is richly evocative. I find it extremely hard to put both poems down, so this round, again, is a tie of quality.
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秋といへば石田の大野の柞原時雨も待たず紅葉しにけり
| aki to iFeba iFata no wono no FaFasoFara sigure mo matazu momidisinikeri |
At the mention of autumn At Iwata meadows The oaks Without waiting for the showers Have taken on yellow hues. |
Kakujō
覚盛
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都いでて今日みかの原泉河かは風さむし衣かぜ山
| miyako idete keFu mika no Fara idumigaFa kaFakaze samusi koromo kaseyama |
Departing the capital, Today on Mika meadow, From the River Izumi Chill is the wind, indeed, so Lend me your robe, O Kase Moutain! |
Anonymous
On deer.
さを鹿の小野の草伏いちしろく我がとはなくに人の知れらく
| sawosika no wono no kusabusi itisiroku wa ga topanaku ni pito no sireraku |
The stag Lying in the meadow grass Stands out, so Not I but Others will come to know! |
Anonymous
On deer.
さを鹿の朝伏す小野の草若み隠らひかねて人に知らゆな
| sawosika no asa pusu wono no kusa wakami kakurapikanete pito ni sirayu na |
The stag Lies in the meadow in the morn, The grass so fresh He cannot hide – O, don’t let others know! |
Anonymous
Left.
夏草のなかを露けみかき分けて刈る人なしにしげる野辺かな
| natu kusa no naka o tuyukemi kakiwakete karu Fito nasi ni sigeru nobe kana |
The summer grasses Midst is dew-drenched; Forging through, With no one to reap them This meadow is lush, indeed! |
Tadami
Right.
夏ふかくなりぞしにけるおほあらきの杜の下草なべて人かる
| natu Fukaku nari zo sinikeru oFoaraki no mori no sitagusa nabete Fito karu |
Deep within the summer It is now: At Ōaraki In the sacred groves, the undergrowth Is arrayed for men to reap it! |
Kanemori