Composed on the conception of the beginning of winter at the time a hundred poem sequence was presented during the reign of Former Emperor Horikawa.
泉川水の水曲のふしづけに岩間の氷る冬は来にけり
| idumigaFa midu no miwada no Fusiduke ni iFama no koForu Fuyu Fa kinikeri |
On the River Izumi The water pools Around the fish-traps, Frozen between the rocks, Winter has come, indeed. |
Fujiwara no Nakazane
藤原仲実
五月雨に畔の細道水深み田中の里は人ぞ通はぬ
| samidare ni aze no Fosomiti midu Fukami tanaka no sato Fa Fito zo kayoFanu |
In the drizzle Above the narrow paths between the paddies So deep is the water that The dwelling within the rice fields Is visited by no one at all… |
Composed at the River Ōi.
水もなくみえこそわたれ大井河岸の紅葉は雨とふれども
| midu mo naku mie koso watare oFowigaFa kisi no momidi Fa ame to Furedomo |
No water To be seen around at The River Ōi Yet on the banks the scarlet leave Do fall as rain… |
Fujiwara no Sadayori
藤原定頼
その駒ぞや 我に 我に草請ふ 草は取り飼はむ 水は取り飼はむや
| sono koma ya ware ni ware ni kusa kau kusa wa torikawamu mizu wa torikawamu ya |
O, my steed, From me From me you beg for fodder, so I’ll go gather grass to feed you; I’ll go gather water to give you! |
Anonymous
水の面にをはうち触れて立つ鳥のやや天さかる人ぞ恋しき
| mizu no omo ni owa uchifurete tatsu tori no yaya ama sakaru hito zo koishiki |
The face of the water, Is brushed by tails and wings As the birds take flight Returning briefly to the skies – O, how I do love her! |
Minamoto no Yorimasa
源頼政
刈り残す水の真菰に隱ろへてかげもち顔に鳴く蛙かな
| karinokosu mizu no makomo ni kakuroete kagemochigao ni naku kawazu kana |
Unreaped remnants Of wild rice in the water Conceal The contentedly Croaking frogs! |
Saigyō
This poem is also Sankashū 1018.
When he had first gone to the residence of the former Regent and Rokujō Minister, and people were composing on the conception of long clear pond waters.
今年だに鏡と見ゆる池水の千世経てすまむ影ぞゆかしき
| kotosi dani kagami to miyuru ikemidu no tiyo Fete sumamu kage zo yukasiki |
Especially this year A mirror it does seem: This pond water – Clear through the passage of a thousand ages, How I long for its light! |
Fujiwara no Norinaga
藤原範永
Left (Win).
つらゝゐし汀を渡る春風に池のこゝろも解けやしぬらん
| tsuraraishi migiwa o wataru harukaze ni ike no kokoro mo toke ya shinuran |
The ice-bound Waters’ edge a’crossing goes The breath of spring; Has the mere’s heart, too, Melted? |
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Right.
雪つもろ峰に春日やさしつらむ谷の小川の水まさり行
| yuki tsumoru mine ni haruhi ya sashitsuramu tani no ogawa no mizu masariyuku |
Upon the snow-laden Peaks has the spring sun Shone? For the valley streamlets are With water overflowing… |
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Neither team had anything deep to say about the other’s poem this round.
Shunzei states that, while both are of the same quality, the phrase ‘spring sun’ (haruhi) was not one that he liked to see used (why remains unclear, although there is speculation that it was because it was an ancient term dating from the Man’yōshū), and so the Left’s poem was just the winner.
Topic unknown.
いはまとぢしこほりもけさはとけそめてこけのしたみづみちもとむらん
| iwama tojishi kôri mo kesa wa tokesomete koke no shitamizu michi mo tomuran |
Stopping the cracks ‘tween the boulders, The ice on this morning Started to melt; From beneath the mosses, water Runs in rivulets. |
The Monk Saigyō
西行