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夏の月ひかりをしまず照る時はながるる水にかげろふぞたつ
natsu no tsuki hikari o shimazu teru toki wa nagaruru mizu ni kagerō zo tatsu When summer moon’s
74
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琴の音にひびきかよへる松風はしらべても鳴く蝉の声かな
koto no ne ni hibikikayoeru matsukaze wa shirabetemo naku semi no koe kana A zither’s strains
75[1]
[1] Shinshūishū III: 303/Shinsen man’yōshū 73/Kokin rokujō I: 398/Fubokushō IX: 3584
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なつの日のくるるもしらず鳴く蝉をとひもしてしか何ごとかうき
natsu no hi no kururu mo shirazu naku semi o toi mo shiteshika nani goto ka uki Of the summer sun’s
70
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あやめ草いくらの五月あひくらむ来る年毎にわかく見ゆらむ
ayamegusa ikura no satsuki aikuramu kuru toshigoto ni wakaku miyuramu O, sweet flags!
71
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夏の日を天雲しばしかくさなむぬるほどもなく明くる夜にせん
natsu no hi o amagumo shibashi kakusanamu nuru hodo mo naku akuru yo ni sen The summer sun is
68
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郭公なきつる夏の山辺にはくつていださぬ人やすむらむ
hototogisu nakitsuru natsu no yamabe ni wa kutsute idasanu hito ya sumuramu A cuckoo
69
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いつの間に花かれにけむながくだにありせば夏のかげとみましを
itsu no ma ni hana karenikemu nagaku dani ariseba natsu no kage to mimashi o In an instant
66
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幾千たび鳴きかへるらむ足引の山ほととぎす声はわすれて
ikuchi tabi nakikaeruramu ashihiki no yamahototogisu koe wa wasurete How many thousand times,
67
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夏の夜のまつばもそよと吹く風はいづれか雨の声にかはれる
natsu no yo no matsuba mo soyo to fuku kaze wa izure ka ame no koe ni kawareru On a summer night
64
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夜やくらき道やまどへる郭公我が宿をしもすぎがてにする
yo ya kuraki Is it night’s darkness?
65[1]
[1] Kokinshū III: 154, attributed to Ki no Tomonori.
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なつの夜は水やまされる天の河ながるる月のかげもとどめぬ
natsu no yo wa mizu ya masareru ama no kawa nagaruru tsuki no kage mo todomenu On a summer night
61[1]
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去年の夏鳴きふるしてし郭公それかあらぬかこゑのかはらぬ
kozo no natsu Last summer
62[2]
[1] A minor variant of this poem, with a headnote identifying it as being from this contest, is included in Shokugosenshū (IV: 214): 夏の夜は水まさればやあまのがはながるる月のかげもとどめぬ natsu no yo wa / mizu masareba ya / ama no kawa / nagaruru tsuki no / kage mo todomenu ‘On a summer night / Perhaps, because the waters are so fine / Of the River of Heaven? / Drifting, the moon’s / Face, too, tarries not.’
[2] Kokinshū III: 159/Shinsen man’yōshū 63
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夏の日を暮らし侘びぬる蝉の まにわがなきそふるこゑはきこゆや[1]
natsu no hi o kurashiwabinuru semi no ma ni wa ga nakisouru koe wa kikoyu ya The summer sunthe cicadas
59
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恨みつつとどむる人のなければや山時鳥うかれでてなく
uramitsutsu todomuru hito no nakereba ya yama hototogisu ukaredete naku How I constantly despise
60
[1] The phrase semi no (‘the cicadas’) is missing from the text of the contest, but has been suggested by later scholarship.
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吹く風の我が宿にくる夏の夜は月の影こそすずしかりけれ
fuku kaze no wa ga yado ni kuru natsu no yo wa tsuki no kage koso suzushikarikere The gusting breeze
57
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ゆふされば蛍よりけにもゆるとも光みえねば人ぞつれなき
yū sareba With the fall of evening,
Tomonori
58[1]
[1] Kokinshū XII: 562/Shinsen man’yōshū 69/Kokin rokujō VI: 4013
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なつの夜の露なとどめそ蓮葉のまことの玉と成りしはてずは
natsu no yo no tsuyu na todome so hasu no ha no makoto no tama to narishihatezu wa On a summer night,
55
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夏山にこひしき人や入りにけむ声ふりたてて鳴く郭公
natsuyama ni Into the summer mountains
Ki no Akimine
56[1]
[1] Kokinshū III: 158/Shinsen man’yōshū 71/Kokin rokujō VI: 4447
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草しげみ下葉かれ行く夏の日もわくとしわけば袖やひちなん
kusa shigemi shitaba kareyuku natsu no hi mo waku to shi wakeba sode ya hichinan The grass is thick, with
53
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五月雨に物思ひをればほととぎす夜ぶかく鳴きていづち行くらん
samidare ni When in the drizzling rain,
Tomonori
54[1]
[1] Kokinshū III: 153/Shinsen man’yōshū 47/Kokin rokujō VI: 4441
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