Left (Tie).
なをざりの小野の淺茅に置露も草葉にあまる秋の夕暮
| naozari no ono no asaji ni oku tsuyu mo kusaba ni amaru aki no yûgure |
Brief, indeed, Upon the sharp-leaved cogon grass in Ono, Is the dewfall Now mounting upon the blades In the autumn evening. |
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Right
淺茅生の小野の篠原うちなびき遠方人に秋風ぞ吹く
| asajiu no ono no shinohara uchinabiki ochikatabito ni aki kaze zo fuku |
The sharp-leaved cogon grass In the arrow-bamboo of Ono, Rustled by A traveller to a distant land: The autumn wind a’blowing. |
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Left (Win).
秋とだに吹あへぬ風に色かはる生田の杜の露の下草
| aki to dani fukiaenu kaze ni iro kawaru ikuta no mori no tsuyu no shitakusa |
Hardly is autumn Breathed upon the wind, than The hues do change: Within the sacred bounds of Ikuta, Dewfall upon the greenery. |
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Right
須磨の海人のなれにし袖もしほたれぬ關吹こゆる秋の浦風
| suma no ama no narenishi sode mo shiotarenu seki fukikoyuru aki no urakaze |
Fisherfolk at lonely Suma, Long used their sleeves to Drench within the tide; my tears flow as Past the barrier blows The autumn wind from ’cross the bay. |
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Left (Tie).
いまはとて有明のかげの槇の戸にさすがにおしき六月の空
| ima wa tote ariake no kage no maki no to ni sasuga ni oshiki minazuki no sora |
As if to say, ‘Now’s the time!’ Moonlight, at dawn Upon my yew-wood door Does strike; how I regret The waterless month’s late summer skies! |
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Right
飛鳥河ゆくせの浪にみそぎしてはやくぞ年の半過ぬる
| asukagawa yuku se no nami ni misogishite hayaku zo toshi no nakaba suginuru |
In Asuka River’s Rapids’ waves I cleanse myself; How swiftly has the year’s First half come and gone! |
42
Left (Win).
蘆の屋のかりねの床のふしのまにみじかく明る夏の夜な夜な
| ashi no ya no karine no toko no fushi no ma ni mijikaku akuru natsu no yonayona |
Out cutting reeds, Upon a fleeting bed I lie; between one reed-knot and another, So brief comes the dawn Each passing night in summer. |
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Right
うちなびくしげみが下のさゆり葉のしられぬほどにかよふ秋風
| uchinabiku shigemi ga shita no sayuriba no shirarenu hodo ni kayou akikaze |
Aflutter Beneath the growth Lilies, Unknown to all, Are passed by an autumn breeze. |
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Left.
片糸をよるよる峰にともす火にあはずは鹿の身をもかへじを
| kataito wo yoruyoru mine ni tomosu hi ni awazu wa shika no mi wo mo kaeji o |
Threads Twining around the peaks: Had he those shining fires Failed to meet, the stag would not His life have surrendered. |
37
Right (Win)
ひさかたのなかなる河のうかひ舟いかに契てやみを待覧
| hisakata no nakanaru kawa no ukaibune ika ni chigirite yami o matsuran |
The everlasting moon: Upon its river, Cormorant boats: What vow might make them Await the darkness? |
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Left (Tie).
玉桙の道行人のことづてもたえてほどふる五月雨の空
| tamaboko no michiyukibito no kotozute mo taete hodo furu samidare no sora |
Jewelled spear-straight The road he travels on; Messages Stopped long ago; rains Falling from the summer sky. |
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Right
なきぬなりゆふつけ鳥のしだり尾のおのれにも似ぬよはのみじかき
| nakinunari yūtsukedori no shidario no onore ni mo ninu yowa no mijikaki |
Does he crow already? The cockerel’s Trailing tail Is most unlike This night’s brevity. |
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Left.
いたづらに雲ゐる山の松の葉の時ぞともなき五月雨の空
| itazura ni kumoiru yama no matsu no ha no toki zo tomonaki samidare no sora |
Vacantly Cloud-hung, the mountains’ Pine needles touch The unceasing Summer rain-filled sky. |
33
Right (Win)
山里の軒端の梢雲こえてあまりな閉ぢそ五月雨の空
| yamazato no nokiba no kozue kumo koete amari na toji so samidare no sora |
My mountain dwelling: Treetops by the eaves Are brushed by cloud; Cut me off no further, O, summer rain-filled sky! |
34
Left (Tie).
たがためになくや五月の夕とて山郭公猶またるらむ
| ta ga tame ni naku ya satsuki no yûbe tote yama hototogisu nao mataruramu |
For whose sake Is that song? On a Fifth Month Evening A cuckoo from the mountains Is yet awaited. |
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Right
五月雨の月はつれなきみ山より獨もいづる郭公かな
| samidare no tsuki wa tsurenaki miyama yori hitori mo izuru hototogisu kana |
In the early summer rain Heartless hides the moon In the mountain deeps, from Whence emerges a solitary Cuckoo. |
32
Left.
櫻色の袖もひとへにかはるまでうつりにけりな過る月日は
| sakura iro no sode mo hitoe ni kawaru made utsurinikeri na suguru tsukihi wa |
Cherry-coloured Sleeves for single-fold Garb are changed; All already faded, With the passing months and days… |
29
Right (Win)
ふみしだく安積の沼の夏草にかつみだれそふしのぶもぢずり
| fumishidaku asaka no numa no natsukusa ni katsumidare sou shinobu mojizuri |
Crushed beneath my feet At the marsh of Asaka In the summer grasses A confusion of irises Longingly imprint their pattern. |
30
Left (Tie).
網代木に櫻こませば行春のいさよふ浪をえやはとゞむる
| ajirogi ni sakura komaseba yuku haru no isayou nami o e ya wa todomuru |
Can stakes of fish traps, Mixed with cherry petals, Departing spring’s Impeded waves Bring to a halt, perhaps? |
27
Right
あはれいかに霞も花もなれなれて雲しく谷に歸る鶯
| aware ika ni kasumi mo hana mo narenarete kumo shiku tani ni kaeru uguisu |
O, however much The hazes and the blossoms We have come to love, To the cloud-strewn valleys The warbler does return. |
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