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Daikōtaigōgū daijin kiyosuke-ason ke uta’awase 25

Round Twenty-Five

Left

恋ひしなん後は煙とのぼりなばたなびく雲をそれとだにみよ

koishinan
nochi wa keburi to
noborinaba
tanabiku kumo o
sore to dani miyo
I shall die of love for you, and
After as smoke
Shall rise, then
The trailing clouds
Behold and think of me!

Iemoto
49

Right

我が身だに思ふにたがふ物なればことわりなりや人のつらきは

wa ga mi dani
omou ni tagau
mono nareba
kotowarinari ya
hito no tsuraki wa
My sorry self
Differs from what I had thought
So I suppose
It’s natural, isn’t it—
That she should be so cruel…

Moromitsu
50

The Right made me feel that’s how it is. It’s charming.

Daikōtaigōgū daijin kiyosuke-ason ke uta’awase 23

Round Twenty-Three

Left (Win)

雪ふかみしづのふせ屋もうづもれて煙ばかりぞしるしなりける

yuki fukami
shizu no fuseya mo
uzumorete
keburi bakari zo
shirushi narikeru
Snow so deep that
The peasants’ huts, too,
Are buried, and
The smoke, alone, is
Their only sign!

Kinshige
45

Right

花の春もみぢの秋もしるかりし松の木ずゑもみえぬ白雪

hana no haru
momiji no aki mo
shirukarishi
matsu no kozue mo
mienu shirayuki
By blossom is spring, and
By scarlet leaves is autumn
Known—
The treetops of the pines
Invisible with snow, so white.

Kūnin
46

The Left poem’s conception of ‘sign of smoke’ sounds particularly profound. As for the Right, it is possible for enough snow to fall to conceal a pine’s lower leaves, too, so the poem does not sound satisfying.

Entō ōn’uta’awase 7

Round Seven

Left (Tie)

けさはまたそれともみえず淡路島霞のしたに浦風ぞ吹く

kesa wa mata
sore tomo miezu
awajishima
kasumi no shita ni
urakaze zo fuku
This morning, once again,
I cannot that clearly see
Awaji Isle, but
Beneath the haze
The winds are blowing o’er the beach!

Chikanari, Ranked without Office
13

Right

春霞なびく朝けの塩風にあらぬけぶりや浦に立つらん

harugasumi
nabiku asake no
shiokaze ni
aranu keburi ya
ura ni tatsuran
Spring haze
Trails over with the morn—
Salt-fire breezes
It is not, yet does smoke
Seem to rise across the bay?

Ie’kiyo, Ranked without Office
14

Both Left and Right don’t seem bad. I make them a tie.

GSIS IX: 503

On seeing fisherfolk burning salt when he was on the road to Kumano, and felt particularly unwell.

旅の空夜半のけぶりとのぼりなばあまのもしほ火たくかとやみん

tabi no sora
yowa no keburi to
noborinaba
ama no mosiobi
taku ka to ya min
Should into my travel’s skies
One night as smoke
I rise,
The fisherfolk seaweed salt fires
Kindling—would it appear so, I wonder?

Former Emperor Kazan

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

SCSS XII: 761

Love and Smoke, for a Fifty Poem Sequence at the residence of the Lay Priest Prince of the Second Order.

うらみじな難波のみつにたつけぶり心からたくあまのもしほ火

uramiji na
naniwa no mitsu ni
tatsu keburi
kokoro kara taku
ama no moshiobi
I cannot hate her, can I?
From Naniwa harbour
The smoke arising is
Kindled in my heart as
Fisherfolk’s seaweed-salt fires…[i]

Consultant Masatsune

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

[i] An allusive variation on KKS XVII: 894.

SKKS XII: 1132

For the Poetry Contest in One Hundred Rounds, held at the Residence of the Regent and Palace Minister.

ふじのねのけぶりもなほぞたちのぼるうへなき物はおもひなりけり

fuji no ne no
keburi mo nao zo
tachinoboru
ue naki mono wa
omoinarikeri
From the peak of Fuji
The smoke yet
Rises up, but
Nothing tops
The fires of my passion.[i]

Lord Ietaka

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

[i] An allusive variation on SIS XIV: 891.