Among the courtiers in service to His Majesty, former Emperor Uda, it was possible to pick out those who had some sensitivity and those who did not, so in a certain year, when the kōshin rite came around on the 7th day of the Seventh Month, those gentlemen who were thought to have this sensitivity spent the day composing poems on the topic of ‘feelings after meeting at Tanabata’ which were divided into teams and matched.
Left
としごとにこりずやあるらんたなばたのあひてこひしきわかれのみする
toshigoto ni korizu ya aruran tanabata no aite koishiki wakare nomi suru Every single year
1
Right (Win)
おもひやる心のそらにしらるればたなばたつめのわかれかなしな
omoiyaru kokoro no sora ni shirarureba tanabatatsume no wakare kanashiki Yearning fills
2
Round Fourteen
Left (Win)
七夕のわかるる今朝のたもとにや秋の白露おきはじむらん
tanabata no wakaruru kesa no tamoto ni ya aki no shiratsuyu okihajimuran The Weaver Maid
Shun’e
Right
秋へてもはてなき中をみるをりは七夕つめぞうらやまれける
aki hete mo hatenaki naka o miru ori wa tanabatatsume zo urayamarekeru Though the autumns pass,
Kenshō
Round Thirteen
Left (Tie)
ひこぼしのくれをまつまはあぢきなく雲のよそなる心ちこそせね
hikoboshi no kure o matsu ma wa ajikinaku kumo no yoso naru kokochi koso sene While the Herd Boy
Taifu
Right
さもこそは身はならはしといひながら七夕いかでたへてすぐらん
sa mo koso wa mi wa narawashi to iinagara tanabata ikade taete suguran That is how it is—
Kenshō
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In terms of overall quality, the Left is superior, but I am unable to understand it. The conclusion of the Right is non-standard.
Round Twelve
Left (Tie)
秋風の吹くときくより七夕はこころのうちやすずしかるらん
akikaze no fuku to kiku yori tanabata wa kokoro no uchi ya suzushikaruran Since the autumn breeze’s
Suketaka
Right
七夕のまちつる程の久しさにはかなくあくる空をかへばや
tanabata no machitsuru hodo no hisashisa ni hakanaku akuru sora o kaeba ya The Weaver Maid
Moromitsu
Round Eleven
Tanabata
Left (Win)
七夕はたえぬ契りをうれしともこよひばかりやおもひしるらん
tanabata wa taenu chigiri o ureshi tomo koyoi bakari ya omoishiruran The Weaver Maid’s
Shun’e
Right
天の河わたるこよひや七夕は中中袖をぬらさざるらん
ama no kawa wataru koyoi ya tanabata wa nakanaka sode o nurasazaruran The River of Heaven
Yorisuke
On the same conception.
あさとあけてながめやすらんたなばたはあかぬ別のそらをこひつつ
asa to akete With the morn, does she open up her door
Tsurayuki
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The Beginning of Autumn
Left (Win—in a certain book Tie)
しぐれにもあめにもあらぬはつぎりのたつにもそらはさしくもりけり
shigure ni mo ame ni mo aranu hatsugiri no tatsu ni mo sora wa sashikumorikeri Neither a shower
11
Right
としごとにあふとはすれどたなばたのぬるよのかずぞすくなかりける
toshi goto ni Every year
Mitsune
The morning after Tanabata , he received a poem which had been composed and sent to him from Mitsune’s house, so sent this in return.
あひ見ずてひとひも君にならはねばたなばたよりも我ぞまされる
aFimizute Not meeting and
Tsurayuki
Sent to Mitsune’s house, the morning after Tanabata .
あさとあけてながめやすらん織女のあかぬ別のそらをこひつつ
asa to akete With the morning comes the dawn, and
Tsurayuki
Left
紅の色にはいでじかくれぬのしたにかよひてこひはしぬとも
kurenai no The crimson
Tomonori[1]
Right
契りけむ心ぞつらき織女の年に一たびあふはあふかは
chigirikemu kokoro zo tsuraki tanabata no toshi ni hito tabi au wa au ka wa To be bound is
Okikaze
[1] Kokinshū XIII: 661/Shinsen man’yōshū 199/Kokin rokujō III: 1683
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