Left (Tie).
吉野河はやき流れを堰く岩のつれなき中に身を砕くらん
| yoshinogawa hayaki nagare o seku iwa no tsurenaki naka ni mi o kudakuran |
The River Yoshino’s Swift flow is Dammed by boulders; With the chilling of our bond It seems my very self will shatter… |
A Servant Girl
995
Right.
ありとても逢はぬためしの名取川朽ちだにはてよ瀬せの埋れ木
| ari tote mo awanu tameshi no natorigawa kuchi dani hateyo sese no mumoregi |
We live, yet Cannot meet – our situation A source of rumours; in the River Natori Let all rot away with The drowned trees in the rapids! |
Jakuren.
996
Both Left and Right together state: we find no faults to mention.
In judgement: both poems are extremely good. This is a tie of quality.
Left (Win).
名取河いかにせむともまだしらずおもへば人を恨つるかな
| natorigawa ika ni semu tomo mada shirazu omoeba hito o uramitsuru kana |
Flooded by the river of loose tongues, How we are to meet I do not know; Thinking on it, there is one Worth the weight of my despite! |
107
Right
逢ひ見てのゝちの心を先しればつれなしとだにえこそ恨ね
| aimite no nochi no kokoro o mazu shireba tsurenashi to dani e koso urami ne |
Having met and loved, now, Afterwards, how my heart would be I knew so well before, That as one so cruel and heartless, I am unable to despise you. |
108
Left (Tie).
名取河春の日數は顯て花にぞしづむせゞの埋木
| natorigawa haru no hi kazu wa arawarete hana ni zo shizumu seze no mumoregi |
The river Natori: The days of spring have reached Their span, and Blossom swamps The drowned tree upon the shoals. |
23
Right
名もしるし峰のあらしも雪とふる山櫻戸のあけぼのゝ空
| na mo shirushi mine no arashi mo yuki to furu yamasakurado no akebono no sora |
It’s all in the name: Storm winds from the peak Scatter a snowstorm of blossom; My mountain cherry door Open upon a dawning sky. |
24
Topic unknown.
陸奧にありといふなるなとり河無き名とりては苦しかりけり
| mitinoku ni ari to iFu naru natorigaFa naki na torite Fa kurusikarikeri | In Michinoku There is, I hear, The River Natori-Stealer of Names- Losing one’s good name Is most painful of all. |
Tadamine
忠岑