水の泡や種となるらむ浮草のまく人なみの上に生ふれば
mizu no awa ya tane to naruramu ukikusa no maku hitonami no ue ni oureba Might the foam upon the waters
1[i]
山里は冬ぞさびしさまさりける人めも草もかれぬとおもへば
yamazato wa fuyu zo sabishisa masarikeru hitome mo kusa mo karenu to omoeba In a mountain retreat
2[ii]
今日人をこふる心はあすか川流るる水に劣らざりけり
kyō hito o kouru kokoro wa asukagawa nagaruru mizu ni otorazarikeri Today, for her
3[iii]
[i] This poem is included in Shūishū (IX: 524) as an anonymous poem with the headnote ‘Produced but not matched in a poetry contest.’
[ii] This poem is included in Muneyuki-shū (15) with the headnote ‘For a poetry match’.
[iii] This poem is included in Muneyuki-shū (16) with the headnote ‘For a poetry match’.
真こもおふる淀のさは水み草ゐて影しみえねばとふ人もなし
makomo ouru yodo no sawamizu mikusa ite kage shi mieneba tou hito mo nashi Wild rice grows
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ひくるればひとめのもりにぬるとりのあかつきがたになきつつぞたつ
hi kurureba hitome no mori ni nuru tori no akatsukigata ni nakitsutsu zo tatsu Since the setting of the sun
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Right
ねをあさみそこをはなるるうきくさのけさのおきにぞながれわびぬる
ne o asami soko o hanaruru ukikusa no kesa no oki ni zo nagare wabinuru Shallow the roots
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Waterweed
水のうへによるべさだめぬうきくさもこの花かれて思ふべらなり
mizu no ue ni yorube sadamenu ukikusa mo kono hana karete omouberanari Atop the waters,
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大沢の池の水くさかれにけりながきよすがら霜や置くらん
ōsawa no ike no mizukusa karenikeri nagaki yosugara shimo ya okuran At Ōsawa
さもこそはよるべの水に水草ゐめけふのかざしよ名さへ忘るる
sa mo koso wa yorube no mizu ni mizukusa ime kyō no kazashi yo na sae wasururu That may be, but
Chūjō
Round Thirty-Five
Left
われが身はさそふ水まつ浮草のあとたえぬとも誰かたづねん
ware ga mi wa sasou mizu matsu ukigusa no ato taenu to mo tare ka tazunen O, my sorry self—
Masashige
Right
うきながら今はとなればをしき身をこころのままにいとひつるかな
ukinagara ima wa to nareba oshiki mi o kokoro no mama ni itoitsuru kana Deep in depression
Lord Kiyosuke
Both are straightforwardly charming.
Left
さくはなのちりつつうかぶみづのおもにいかでうき草ねざしそめけむ
saku hana no chiritsutsu ukabu mizu no omo ni ikade ukikusa nezashi somekemu Blossom blooming and
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Right
まつひとはつねならなくにほととぎすおもひのほかになかばうからむ
matsu hito wa tsune naranaku ni hototogisu omoi no hoka ni nakaba ukaramu The one awaiting you is
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Left
さよふけてなどかなくらむほととぎすたびねのやどをかすひとやなき
sayo fukete nado ka nakuramu hototogisu tabine no yado o kasu hito ya naki Brief night breaks, so
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Right (Win)
なつのいけによるべさだめぬうきくさのみづよりほかにゆくかたもなし
natsu no ike ni yorube sadamenu ukikusa no mizu yori hoka ni yuku kata mo nashi Upon the pond in summer
Okikaze
Waterweed.
水のうへによるべさだめぬうきくさもこの花かれて思ふべらなり
mizu no ue ni Atop the water
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