Round Seven
Cherry
Left (Win)
からくにの虎伏すのべににほふとも花の下にはねてぞ帰らん
karakuni no tora fusu nobe ni niou tomo hana no shita ni wa nete zo kaeran Even in the land of Cathay, where
Lord Kiyosuke
Right
わぎもこがはこねの山のいと桜むすびおきたる花かとぞみる
wagimoko ga hakone no yama no itozakura musubiokitaru hana ka to zo miru As my darling’s treasured
Kenshō
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Neither of these are bad, but because for the moment it has a stronger conception of affection for the blossom, the Left is superior.
Violets
あさぢ原ゆくへもしらぬのべに出でてふるさと人はすみれつみけり
asajiwara yukue mo shiranu nobe ni idete furusatobito wa sumire tsumikeri Gone to cogon grass groves,
Created with Soan.
Topic unknown.
きえぬべき露のうき身の置所いづれの野べの草葉なるらん
kienubeki Surely to vanish
Inpumon’in no Taiyu
Created with Soan .
Composed on the conception of the Song of the Everlasting Woe.
おもひかねわかれし野べをきてみればあさぢが原に秋かぜぞふく
omoFikane Unable to bear my longing
Minamoto no Michinari
Created with Soan .
On making a pilgrimage to the Hōrin Temple, he went there and composed this, before the grave of Major Counsellor Toshi’ie in Sagano.
さらでだに露けきさがの野べにきて昔のあとにしをれぬるかな
sarade dani Even had I not to
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Toshitada
Created with Soan .
Left
くれぬべきあきををしめばをぐら山みねのもみぢもいろづきにけり
kurenubeki aki o oshimeba ogurayama mine no momiji mo irozukinikeri Pass into dusk must
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Right
をしめども秋はとまらず女郎花野べにおくれてかれぬばかりを
oshimedomo aki wa tomarazu ominaeshi nobe ni okurete karenu bakari o I regret it, yet
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Bracken.
さわらびのもえいづる春に成りぬればのべのかすみもたなびきにけり
sawarabi no moe’izuru ame ni narinureba nobe no kasumi mo tanabikinikeri The bracken
Created with Soan .
On seeing snow at the beginning of spring.
春たたばわかなつまむとしめおきしのべともみえず雪のふれれば
haru tataba wakana tsumamu to shime’okishi nobe to mo miezu yuki no furereba If spring comes then
Created with Soan .
Maidenflowers
Left
なびくとや人はみるらんをみなへしおもふかたにぞかぜもふきける
nabiku to ya hito wa miruran ominaeshi omou kata ni zo kaze mo fukikeru ‘Are they trailing?’
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Right
おほかたののべなるよりはをみなへしねやのつまにてみるはまされり
ōkata no nobe naru yori wa ominaeshi neya no tsuma nite miru wa masareri So wide are
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のべごとにたちかくれつつをみなへしふくあきかぜのみえずもあらなむ
nobe goto ni tachikakuretsutsu ominaeshi fuku akikaze no miezu mo aranamu In every meadow
Ise
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