三島江の入江に生ふる白菅の知らぬ人をも逢ひ見つるかな
| misimae no irie ni oFuru sirasuge no siranu Fito wo mo aFimituru kana |
At Mishima Bay In the inlets grows White sedge; With an unknown lady Have I met together! |
Fujiwara no Mototoshi
藤原基俊
Tag Archives: suge
Horikawa hyakushu 1121
KYS IV: 263
MYS XI: 2836
MYS XI: 2472
Summer I: 7
Left (Win).
旅人や夏野の草を分けくらん菅の小笠の見え隱れする
| tabibito ya natsuno no kusa o wakekuran suge no ogasa no miekakuresuru |
Does a traveller Through the grasses on the summer plains Come forging? A woven hat of sedge Revealed and then concealed… |
193
Right.
夏草の茂みを行ば何となく露分け衣袖ぞ濡れける
| natsu kusa no shigemi o yukeba nani to naku tsuyu wake koromo sode zo nurekeru |
Through the summer grass’ Lush growth a’going Somehow My robe’s dew breaking Sleeves are drenched. |
194
The Right have no criticisms to make of the Left’s poem, but the Left remark that, ‘the phrase “somehow” (nani to naku) is obscure and discordant.’
Shunzei comments, ‘While the style [fūtei] of the Left’s poem is somewhat lacking, it otherwise has no faults. The Right’s “robe’s dew breaking” (tsuyu wake koromo) is superb, but as a whole the expression in the poem is insufficient. The Left wins.’