Left
いつの間に花かれにけむながくだにありせば夏のかげとみましを
| itsu no ma ni hana karenikemu nagaku dani ariseba natsu no kage to mimashi o | In an instant The blossoms seems to wither! If but longer They were here, summer’s Shape I would see in them… |
66
Right
幾千たび鳴きかへるらむ足引の山ほととぎす声はわすれて
| ikuchi tabi nakikaeruramu ashihiki no yamahototogisu koe wa wasurete | How many thousand times, Does he return to sing? The leg-wearying Mountain cuckoo, Forgetting his song… |
67
The poetry competition held at the residence of Yukihira, the Minister of Popular Affairs: Left and Right prepared tableau, among other things. The tableau were in the form of rustic dwellings. Poems were composed on these in relation to cuckoo calls.
Left (Tie) – on the form of a mountain dwelling
夏深き山里なれど時鳥声はしげくも聞えざりけり
| natu Fukaki yamazato naredo Fototogisu kowe Fa sigekumo kikoezarikeri |
Deep in summer Lies this mountain hut, yet The cuckoo Calls lush and thick, but I cannot hear them! |
1
Right – on the form of a country house
荒れにける宿の梢は高けれど山時鳥まれに鳴くかな
| arenikeru yado no kozue wa takakeredo yamahototogisu mare ni naku kana |
Gone to ruin is This house where treetops Are tall, yet The mountain cuckoo Calls there but rarely! |
2