Left (Tie)
はるふかきいろこそなけれやまぶきのはなにこころをまづぞそめつる
haru fukaki iro koso nakere yamabuki no hana ni kokoro o mazu zo sometsuru In the depths of spring,
Mitsune
Right
かぜふけばおもほゆるかなすみのえのきしのふぢなみいまやさくらむ
kaze fukeba omohoyuru kana suminoe no kishi no fujinami ima ya sakuramu When the wind blows—that
Prince Kaneyuki
Left
さはみづにかはづなくなりやまぶきのうつろふいろやそこにみゆらむ
sawamizu ni kawazu nakunari yamabuki no utsurou iro ya soko ni miyuramu Among the marsh waters
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Right (Win)
ちりてゆくかたをだにみむはるがすみはなのあたりはたちもさらなむ
chiriteyuku kata o dani mimu harugasumi hana no atari wa tachi mo sara namu Scattering off
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Left (Win)
めにみえでかぜはふけどもあをやぎのなびくかたにぞはなはちりける
me ni miede kaze wa fukedomo aoyagi no nabiku kata ni zo hana chirikeru Unseen by my eyes
Mitsune
Right
あしひきのやまぶきのはなさきにけりゐでのかはづはいまやなくらむ
ashihiki no yamabuki no hana sakinikeri ide no kawazu wa ima ya nakuramu Leg-wearying
Okikaze[i]
‘The Right is old-fashioned,’ and so it lost.
[i] Despite Uda’s negative opinion of it, this poem is included in Shinkokinshū (II: 162), attributed to Okikaze, with the headnote, ‘A poem from the Poetry Contest held by Former Emperor Uda in Engi 13’.
Topic unknown.
山ぶきはあやなな咲きそ花みんと植へけむきみがこよひ来なくに
yamabuki Fa O, kerria,
Anonymous
Topic unknown.
いまもかもさきにほふらむたちばなの小島の崎の山吹の花
ima mo kamo Now, as always,
Anonymous
咲きにけり苗代水に影見えて田中の里の山吹の花
sakinikeri
So, they have bloomed;
Taikenmon’in Horikawa
竜田川岸の山吹咲きぬれば影より波ぞ折りはじめける
tatsutagawa
On Tatsuta River’s
Tsunemasa
For a poetry competition held in the Tenryaku era.
春ふかみゐてのかは浪たちかへり見てこそゆかめ山吹の花
Faru Fukami
In the depths of spring
Minamoto no Shitagō
山吹の下枝の花に手をかけて折知り顔になく蛙かな
yamabuki no
Upon the kerria’s
Minamoto no Nakamasa
Frogs (蛙)
春ふかみかはづのすだく声すなりゆきてやみましゐでの山吹
haru fukami kawazu no sudaku koe sunari yukite ya mimashi ide no yamabuki In the depths of spring
Daishin
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