Preparing Tribute 貢調
いやしきや民のいとなく道もせにつきせず運ぶみつぎ物かな
| iyashiki ya tami no itonaku michi mo se ni tsukisezu hakobu mitsukimono kana | How humble are The folk busily On every single road Ceaselessly transporting Their tributes! |
Daishin
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Preparing Tribute 貢調
皇の民やすらけくをさむればひまなくはこぶ御調物かな
| sumeragi no tami yasurakeku osamureba himanaku hakobu mitsukimono kana | His Majesty’s Folk tranquilly Prepare so, Never-resting they transport Their tributes! |
Higo
Autumn II: 6
Left (Tie).
小雨降る葛飾早稲を刈るまゝに民の袖さへうるほひにけり
| kosame furu katsushika wase o karu mama ni tami no sode sae uruoinikeri |
Showers fall in Katsushika; early ripened rice Reaping, Even the peasants’ sleeves Are damp. |
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Right (Tie).
小萩咲く片山陰に日晩の鳴すさびたる村雨のそら
| kohagi saku katayamakage ni higurashi no nakisu sabitaru murasame no sora |
Bush clover blooming In the mountain’s shade; The sundown cicadas Sing intermittently To the showery skies. |
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Neither team has any criticisms to make.
Shunzei say, ‘The style and construction of both poems is superb, though the Left’s is particularly archaic in tone, and thus using mama ni in the central section is somewhat weak, is it not? Surely, “Whilst reaping” (karu nae ni) would have been a better fit! The Right’s simple conclusion of “showery skies” (murasame no sora) is particularly effective. However, the Left, too, with “even the peasants’ sleeves” (tami no sode sae) shows a fine spirit. The two poems are a match and tie.’