Left (Win).
天の原おもへばかはる色もなし秋こそ月の光なりけれ
| ama no hara omoeba kawaru iro mo nashi aki koso tsuki no hikari narikeri |
Upon the plain of heaven— If you think upon it—extraordinary Hues there are not one; yet Autumn, unmistakeably, is Lit by moonlight. |
51
Right
いかにせむさらでうき世はなぐさまずたのみし月も涙をちけり
| ika ni semu sarade ukiyo wa nagusamazu tanomishi tsuki mo namida ochikeri |
What should I do? This cruel world Is without all consolation; Even the gentle moon Brings tears to my eyes. |
52
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? |
38
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. |
31
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.
花の香のかすめる月にあくがれて夢もさだかに見えぬ比かな
| hana no ka no kasumeru tsuki ni akugarete yume mo sadaka ni mienu koro kana |
The blossoms’ scent Befogs the moon; Thus lost, Certain it is that dreams Will not come now, perhaps… |
7
Right (Win)
春の夜は月の桂もにほふ覧光に梅の色はまがひぬ
| haru no yo wa tsuki no katsura mo niouran hikari ni ume no iro wa magainu |
On a night in springtime The moon’s silver trees, too, Must give out their fragrance; In such light the plums’ Hues can be mistaken. |
8
Left (Win)
おほぞらは梅のにほひに霞つゝくもりもはてぬ春の夜の月
| ōzora wa ume no nioi ni kasumitsutsu kumori mo hatenu haru no yo no tsuki |
The heavens with The scent of plum Are hazed; Not with cloud is covered This spring night’s moon. |
3
Right
こゝろあてにわくともわかじ梅の花散かふ里の春の淡雪
| kokoroate ni waku tomo wakaji ume no hana chirikau sato no haru no awayuki |
A guess Could not tell between The plum blossom Scattered round my dwelling and Spring snow spume. |
4
Written on seeing a lady with whom I had been conversing in secret on her way to attend at the Palace on a brightly moonlit night.
出づと入ると天つ空なる心地してもの思はする秋の夜の月
| idu to iru to ama tu sora naru kokoti site mono’omoFasuru aki no yo no tuki |
Rising and setting— The emptiness of the heavens Do I feel, and Am so sunk in gloom by The moon, upon an Autumn night. |
Composed afterwards, on feelings while waiting for the moon to rise at Ide.
もろともに待つべき月を待たずしてひとりも空をながめけるかな
| morotomo ni matubeki tuki wo matazusite Fitori mo sora wo nagamekeru kana |
Together Should we have awaited the moon, yet I could not; In solitude upon the skies Did you bend your gaze? |