Spiders 蜘蛛
心ぼそいつまで我が身ながらへん軒ばにすがくささがにのいと
kokoroboso In loneliness
Daishin
Spiders 蜘蛛
かきたえてとひくる人もなきものを空だのめするささがにのいと
kakitaete Truly, oh so truly,
Higo
Spiders 蜘蛛
かれのこる軒のあやめをたよりにてくり返しひくくものいとすぢ
kare nokoru On the withered remnants of
Kanemasa
Spiders 蜘蛛
我がことにたちぎく人もあらませばかくとはましやささがにのいと
wa ga koto ni About me,
Tadafusa
Spiders 蜘蛛
ささがには苔のたもとにふるまへど涙ならではくる人もなし
sasagani wa A tiny crab
Toshiyori
Spiders 蜘蛛
ささがにのしるしもいさやいかならんこよひにてみんくものふるまひ
sasagani no A tiny crab’s
Nakazane
Spiders 蜘蛛
sagaru ito o A descending thread
Akinaka
Left (Win).
定め置く星合の空のしるしとて秋の調べに琴柱たつ也
sadameoku
Set,
Kenshō .
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Right.
七夕の逢ふ夜の庭に置く琴のあたりにひくはさゝがにの糸
tanabata no
At Tanabata,
Jakuren .
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The Right say, ‘“Set” (sadameoku ) just does not sound very good.’ The Left: ‘ “Spiders” (sasagani no ) seems to appear rather abruptly in the poem.’
Shunzei: ‘“Spiders’ webs” (sasagani no ito ) would seem to be being used to evoke the playing of the zithers. Is “set” really all that bad in form? The Left’s “rhythms of autumn” (aki no shirabe ) gets the victory.’
蜘の子はみなちりぢりの身すぎ哉
kumo no ko wa
The spider’s kids
'Simply moving and elegant'