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
Kinshige
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
Kūnin
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.
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,
Chikanari, Ranked without Office
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
Ie’kiyo, Ranked without Office
Both Left and Right don’t seem bad. I make them a tie.
Topic unknown.
いかでかは思ひありともしらすべきむろの八島のけぶりならでは
ika de ka Fa In some way or other
Lord Fujiwara no Sanekata
Created with Soan .
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 Should into my travel’s skies
Former Emperor Kazan
Created with Soan .
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 I cannot hate her, can I? [i]
Consultant Masatsune
Created with Soan . [i] An allusive variation on KKS XVII: 894 .
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 [i]
Lord Ietaka
Created with Soan . [i] An allusive variation on SIS XIV: 891 .
From among her love poems.
恋ひわびてもえんけぶりのすゑもうしさのみあはでの浦のもしほ火
koiwabite The pain of love
The Daughter of Lord Tamemichi
かすが野にけぶりたつみゆをとめごしはるののおはぎつみてくるらし
kasugano ni keburi tatsu miyu otomego shi haruno no ohagi tsumitekururashi Above Kasuga Plain
春日野に煙立つ見ゆ娘子らし春野のうはぎ摘みて煮らしも
kasugano nio Above Kasuga Plain
Left
おもひ侘びけぶりは空に立ちぬれどわりなくもなき恋のしるしか
omoiwabi keburi wa sora ni tachinuredo warinaku mo naki koi no shirushi ka Suffering from passion’s fire,
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Right
人をおもふ心のおきは身をぞやく煙たつとは見えぬものから
hito o omou kokoro no oki wa mi o zo yaku keburi tatsu to wa mienu mono kara Loving her
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