Left (Tie)
あふことをまつとなげきしときよりもたなばたつめはいまやわぶらむ
| au koto o matsu to nagekishi toki yori mo tanabatatsume wa ima ya waburamu | For a meeting Did she pine and grieve, But from that moment The Weaver Maid Now seems filled with lonely sadness. |
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Right
ながきよにつくすともなきたなばたのこひはそらにやもりわたるらん
| nagaki yo ni tsukusu tomo naki tanabata no koi wa sora ni ya moriwataruran | The long night through Did not exhaust at all The Weaver Maid’s Love into the skies Seems to overflow. |
6
Round Thirteen
Left (Win)
桜花空にあまぎる白雲の棚引きわたるかづらきの山
| sakurabana sora ni amagiru shirakumo no tanabikiwataru kazuragi no yama | The cherry blossoms, As sky-sweeping Clouds of white Drape all across Kazuragi Mountain. |
Takasuke
25
Right
さくらさくながらの山のながき日も昔をこひぬ時のまぞなき
| sakura saku nagara no yama no nagaki hi mo mukashi o koinu toki no ma zo naki | The cherries bloom Changeless on Nagara Mountain; The lengthy days to Those beloved bygone Moments do not compare. |
Shimotsuke
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Neither Left nor Right has any faults worth mentioning. The Right’s poem appears tranquil, with an artless quality. It has a moving sensibility of longing for the past, but the Left’s poem should just about win, I think.
Left
うつつにもゆめにもひとによるしあへばくれゆくばかりうれしきはなし
| utsutsu ni mo yume ni mo hito ni yoru shi aeba kureyuku bakari ureshiki wa nashi | In reality and In dreams both, ‘tis her I meet at night, so Until the twilight comes I have no joy, at all. |
Mitsune
57
Right (Win)
たまもかるあまとはなしにきみこふるわがころもでのかわくときなき
| tamamo karu ama to wa nashi ni kimi kouru wa ga koromode no kawaku toki naki | Reaping gemweed, A seaman, I am not, but Loving you, my lady, My sleeves are Dry for not a moment. |
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Left (Tie)
ふくかぜにとまりもあへずちるときはやへやまぶきのはなもかひなし
| fuku kaze ni tomari mo aezu chiru toki wa yaeyamabuki no hana mo kainashi | The gusting wind Does never cease, so Scattering time has come upon The eightfold kerria Blooms—so little good they are! |
Okikaze
35
Right
をしめどもたちもとまらずゆくはるをなこしのやまのせきもとめなむ
| oshimedomo tachi mo tomarazu yuku haru o nakoshi no yama no seki mo tomenamu | How I regret it, yet Cannot halt the departure of Parting spring— O, that Nakoshi Mountain’s Barrier would hold it! |
Tsurayuki
36
ときのまもあきのいろをやをみなへしながきあだなにいはれはてなん
| toki no ma mo aki no iro o ya ominaeshi nagaki adana ni iwarehatenan | For such a brief time In her autumn hues is A maidenflower, and yet Ever is she faithless Said to be… |
39
あきのののくさをみなへししらぬみははなのなにこそおどろかれぬれ
| aki no no no kusa o mina heshi shiranu mi wa ana no na ni koso odorokarenure | Through all the autumn meadows’ Grasses have I passed, yet I know them not, so When I learned her name How surprised I was! |
40
Left
雪のうちのみやまからこそおいはくれかしらのしろく成るをまづみよ
| yuki no uchi no miyama kara koso oi wa kure kashira no shiroku naru o mazu miyo | Within the snows From the mountains deep, O, come, old age! My head to white Is turned—see that first! |
149
Right
松の上にかかれる雪はよそにして時まどはせる花とこそみれ
| matsu no ue ni kakareru yuki wa yoso ni shite toki madowaseru hana to koso mire | Upon the pine trees Clings snow: From afar, The season has led astry The blossom, it does appear! |
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