Love on Waking from Sleep 寝覚恋
わすれずと人やは夜におどろかす何とてしつるねざめなるらん
wasurezu to I’ll not forget you –
Tadafusa
Love Interrupted by a Single Night 隔一夜恋
くれ竹の一夜ばかりをへだつればおきふしやすきいやはねらるる
kuretake no A bamboo stalk –
Daishin
Love Interrupted by a Single Night 隔一夜恋
たちまちにかはりしもせじから衣一夜ばかりに袖のぬるらん
tachimachi ni A sudden
Higo
Love Interrupted by a Single Night 隔一夜恋
白波にゆらされてくるより竹の一夜もねねば恋しかりけり
shiranami ni The whitecaps
Kanemasa
Love Interrupted by a Single Night 隔一夜恋
あはでぬる一夜ばかりをへだつるになどよるごとにねのなかるらん
awade nuru Sleeping without meeting, for
Tadafusa
Mandarin Ducks 鴛鴦
夜とともにおもふことなきをし鳥やかげとならびの池にすむらん
yo to tomo ni With night’s fall
Daishin
Composed when he had gone to a temple in the mountains.
宿りして春の山辺にねたる夜は夢の内にも花ぞちりける
yadori site Lodging here
Tsurayuki
New Year Archery
あづさ弓はるの日ぐらしもろ人のよに入るまでもあそびつるかな
azusayumi Catalpa bows
Daishin
New Year’s Day
冬の夜を旅の空にてあかしてや都に春の今朝は来るらむ
fuyu no yo o A winter’s night
Kanemasa
Left
uchitokete
Loosening them,
A Servant Girl
Right (Win)
omoiwabi
In the grief of love,
Lord Tsune’ie
The Right state: the final section of the Left’s poem is difficult to grasp. The Left state: the Right’s poem has no faults to mention.
In judgement: the Left’s ‘sleeping all alone how deep this night is…’ (maro ga marone mo yobukaki mono o ) does not sound as if it links with the initial section of the poem. ‘Alone’ (maro ) is also unacceptable. The Right’s ‘to lend me an over-mantle’ (mi no shirogoromo ) sounds elegant. I make it the winner.
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