Round Three
Left (Win)
春の夜のあくる霞の立田山これや神代の衣なるらん
haru no yo no
akuru kasumi no
tatsutayama
kore ya kamiyo no
koromo naruran | At a spring night’s
Dawn the haze around
Tatsuta Mountain—
Is this how in the age of gods
Raiment might have been? |
Supernumerary Major Counsellor Moto’ie
5
Right
朝霞雲居をかけて見わたせばいたりいたらぬ山の端もなし
asagasumi
kumoi o kakete
miwataseba
itari itaranu
yama no ha mo nashi | When, upon the morning haze
Draping from the clouds,
I turn my gaze, it
Spread out, and fails to reach,
Not a single mountain’s edge. |
Nobunari, Senior Third Rank
6
Both Left and Right are difficult to tell apart, yet the Left’s ‘clothing of the Age of Gods’ would seem to be superior.
Composed for the Palace Poetry Match in Eishō 4.
あらしふくみむろの山のもみぢばはたつたの川のにしきなりけり
arasi Fuku
mimuro no yama no
momidiba Fa
tatuta no kaFa no
nisiki narikeri | The storm wind blowing
Down Mimuro Mountain makes
The scarlet leaves
Upon the Tatsuta River
A fine brocade. |
Monk Nōin
Created with Soan.
On the conception of fulling clothes.
みよしのの山のあきかぜさ夜ふけて故郷さむくころもうつなり
miyoshino no
yama no akikaze
sayo fukete
furusato samuku
koromo utsunari | On fair Yoshino
Mountain the autumn wind
Marks a brief night’s end,
For in this ancient place the chill
Carries the sound of fulling cloth. |
Consultant Masatsune
Created with Soan.
Among three hundred and sixty poems.
神なびのみむろの山をけふみれば下草かけていろづきにけり
kamunabi no
mimuro no yama wo
keFu mireba
sitagusa kakete
irodukinikeri | When upon divine
Mountain dwellings of the gods
I gaze today,
Even the undergrowth has
Taken on autumn hues! |
Sone no Yoshitada
Created with Soan.
Composed on the conception of falling leaves.
たつた山ふもとの里はとほけれどあらしのつてにもみぢをぞみる
tatutayama
Fumoto no sato Fa
toFokeredo
arasi no tute ni
momidi wo zo miru | Tatsuta Mountain
From this estate in the foothills
Lies far away, yet
The storm wind’s actions mean
I see scarlet leaves! |
Hōribe no Narinaka
Created with Soan.
Topic unknown.
ほのぼのとあり明の月のつきかげにもみぢ吹きおろす山おろしのかぜ
honobono to
ariake no tsuki no
tsukikage ni
momiji fuki’orosu
yama’oroshi no kaze | Faintly
The dawntime moon’s
Light falls upon
Scarlet leaves blown down
By the wild mountain wind. |
Lord Minamoto no Sane’akira
Created with Soan.
Interrupted by a single night.
いもせ山なかにおひたるたまざさの一よのへだてさもぞ露けき
imose yama
naka ni oitaru
tamazasa no
hito yo no hedate
samo zo tsuyukeki | Upon Imose Mountain
Grows
Dwarf bamboo, begemmed,
With all but a single joint
Completely drenched with dew. |
Fujiwara no Nobuzane
Created with Soan.
Autumn
秋のよを吹あげの峰の木がらしによこ雲しらぬ山のはの月
aki no yo o
fukiage no mine no
kogarashi ni
yokogumo shiranu
yama no ha no tsuki | On an autumn night
Above Fukiage peak
To the chill wild wind’s
Streaming clouds paying no heed is
The moon upon the mountain’s edge. |
Ietaka
Created with Soan.
Composed on drizzle, for a notebook match held at the residence of Fujiwara no Chikako, Junior Second Rank.
しぐれつつかつちるやまのもみぢ葉をいかにふくよのあらしなるらん
siguretutu
katu tiru yama no
momidiba wo
ika ni fuku yo no
arashi naruran | Constant drizzle falls
All over the mountain’s scattered
Scarlet leaves, so
It may as well blow through the world:
The storming wind! |
Master of the Palace Repairs Office Akisue
A poem presented by Prince Ōtsu to the Elder Maiden of Ishikawa.
足日木乃 山之四付二 妹待跡 吾立所沾 山之四附二
あしひきの山のしづくに妹待つとわれ立ち濡れぬ山のしづくに
asipiki no
yama no siduku ni
imo matu to
ware tatinurenu
yama no siduku ni | On the leg-wearying
Mountain, among the droplets
I await my darling, so
Standing there, I’ll be drenched
By the mountain droplets! |
'Simply moving and elegant'
