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Naidaijin-ke uta’awase gen’ei gan-nen jūgatsu futsuka 24

山家にはならのから葉の散敷きてしぐれの音もはげしかりけり

yamaga ni wa
nara no karaba no
chirishikite
shigure no oto mo
hageshikarikeri
In a mountain hut
The withered oak leaves
Scattering around and
The shower’s sound is
Severe, indeed!

Tamemitsu

Toshiyori’s judgement:

The poem on a mountain hut uses ‘withered oak leaves’ which sounds particularly poor; if one wants to refer to withered leaves then I would conclude the poem with this and not continue. In addition, I wonder about saying ‘the shower’s sound is severe’ – it gives the impression of standing on the peak of Mount Arachi and looking down upon the valley below.

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

San’i minamoto no hirotsune ason uta’awase 2

Being quiet in company with a bush warbler (鶯閑中友)

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うぐひすのこゑを友にてくらすかなひとりながむる春の山里

uguisu no
koe o tomo nite
kurasu kana
hitori nagamuru
haru no yamazato
O, with a warbler’s
Song
To spend my days!
Gazing out alone
From a mountain hut in springtime…

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Right

山家はなく鶯のこゑのみぞのどけき春の友ときこゆる

yama ie wa
naku uguisu no
koe nomi zo
nodokeki haru no
tomo to kikoyuru
In a dwelling in the mountains
With nothing but a singing warbler’s
Song!
Peaceful, pleasant springtime
Is in the very sound.

Fujiwara no Kunimoto, Ranked without Office
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