On frogs.
上つ瀬にかはづ妻呼ぶ夕されば衣手寒み妻まかむとか
kami tu se ni
In the rapids upstream
Anonymous
鹿の音の音羽の山に音せぬは妻に今宵や逢坂の関
shika no ne no
The stag cries
Jakuren
Frogs (蛙)
谷川のあさき瀬ごとにみがくれてつまよぶかはづ声きこゆなり
tanikawa no asaki se goto ni migakurete tsuma yobu kawazu koe kikoyunari In the valleys’ streams’
Tadafusa
港風寒く吹くらし奈呉の江に妻呼び交し鶴多に鳴く
minato kaze
The wind from off the harbor
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
Left (Tie).
袖の上にかかる涙の白玉を包まねばこそよそに散るらめ
sode no ue ni
To my sleeves
Lord Ari’ie .
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Right.
よしさらば逢はで重ぬる濡れ衣の恨みに朽る妻もあらなん
yoshi saraba
I care not if it’s so!
Nobusada .
726
The Right state: in the Left’s poem, it sounds as if the tears are being scattered by some other person. The Left state: we cannot understand the Right’s poem at all.
Shunzei’s judgement: the entirety of the final section of the Left’s poem is inappropriate [kashinserarezaru]. While the configuration of the Right is elegant, it does, indeed, seem somewhat difficult to grasp. Compared, the round is a tie.
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