Left (Win).
旅人や夏野の草を分けくらん菅の小笠の見え隱れする
tabibito ya
Does a traveller
Lord Kanemune .
193
Right.
夏草の茂みを行ば何となく露分け衣袖ぞ濡れける
natsu kusa no
Through the summer grass’
Lord Tsune’ie .
194
The Right have no criticisms to make of the Left’s poem, but the Left remark that, ‘the phrase “somehow” (nani to naku ) is obscure and discordant.’
Shunzei comments, ‘While the style [fūtei] of the Left’s poem is somewhat lacking, it otherwise has no faults. The Right’s “robe’s dew breaking” (tsuyu wake koromo ) is superb, but as a whole the expression in the poem is insufficient. The Left wins.’
Left (Win).
雨そゝく池の浮草風こえて浪と露とにかはづ鳴くなり
ame sosoku
Rain drifts down
A Servant Girl .
165
Right.
庭の面はひとつに見ゆる浮草をこゝぞ汀とかはづ鳴なり
niwa no omo wa
The garden’s face
Jakuren .
166
Neither Right nor Left has any particular remarks to make about the other’s poem this round.
Shunzei says, ‘Both poems are splendid in form, but the Left’s ‘among the wavelets and dewfall’ (nami to tsuyu to ni ) is particularly pleasing. It must win.
Left (Tie).
世の中を思ふ軒端の忍草いく代の宿と荒れかはてなん
yo no naka o
The everyday world stands
177
Right (Tie).
たまゆらの露も涙もとゞまらずなき人こふる宿の秋風
tamayura notsuyu mo namida mo
Gemlet
178
Left (Tie).
都出でゝあさたつ山の手向より露置とめぬ秋風ぞ吹
miyako idete
Leaving the Capital,
175
Right (Tie).
旅人の袖吹かへす秋風に夕日さびしき山の梯
tabibito no
A traveller’s
176
Left.
心からあくがれそめし花の香になを物思ふ春の曙
kokoro kara
My heart
157
Right (Win).
白妙の袖のわかれに露落て身にしむ色の秋風ぞ吹
shirotae no
White mulberry-cloth
158
Left.
たのめおきし後瀬の山の一ことや戀を祈りの命なりける
tanomeokishiinochi narikeru
Clinging to
149
Right.
形見こそあだの大野ゝ萩の露うつろふ色はいふかひもなし
katami koso This keepsake
150
Left.
やどりせしかりほの萩の露ばかり消えなで袖の色に戀つゝ
yadoriseshi
Lodged
137
Right (Win).
ちぎりおきし末のはら野ゝもと柏それともしらじよその霜枯
chigiri okishi
Eternally we vowed:
138
Left (Tie).
うつろはむ色をかぎりに三室山時雨もしらぬ世を頼むかな
utsurowamu
The fading
127
Right (Tie).
消えわびぬうつろふ人の秋の色に身をこがらしの杜の下露
kiewabinumi o kogarashi no shimotsuyu
Fading and gone am I!
128
Left (Tie).
久方のあまてる神のゆふかづらかけて幾世を戀わたるらん
hisakata no
The eternal
105
Right
露時雨下草かけてもる山の色かずならぬ袖を見せばや
tsuyu shigure Dewfall and drizzle
106
Left (Tie).
たゞ今の野原ををのがものと見てこゝろづよくも歸る秋かな
tada ima no
Now, before me should
79
Right
冬はたゞ飛鳥の里の旅枕おきてやいなむ秋の白露
fuyu wa tadaasuka no sato no
Winter will be here with
80
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