Left.
旅寢する夢路はたえぬ須磨の關通ふちどりの暁の聲
| tabinesuru yumeji wa taenu suma no seki kayou chidori no akatsuki no koe |
Asleep on my travels, My path of dreams has ceased, at The lonely barrier of Suma; Returning from their roosts, plovers Cries fill the dawn. |
89
Right (Win)
なくちどり袖の凑を訪ひこかし唐舟もよるの寢ざめに
| naku chidori sode no minato wo toikokashi morokoshibune mo yoru no nezame ni |
Plovers, with your cries, To the river-mouth of my sleeve Come calling! A ship from far Cathay Starts me from night-time sleep… |
90
Left (Win).
朝夕の音は時雨のならしばにいつ降りかはる霰なるらん
| asa yū no oto wa shigure no narashiba ni itsu furikawaru arare naruran |
Morn and night The sound of rain upon Oaken boughs; When, I wonder, did it change To hail? |
85
Right
霰降しづがさゝ屋のそよさらに一夜ばかりの夢をやは見る
| arare furi shizu ga sasaya no soyo sara ni hito yo bakari no yume o ya wa miru |
Hailstones fall Upon my mean bamboo roof; Will I, at least, Briefly this night Catch a glimpse of dreams? |
86
Left (Tie).
外山とてよそにも見えじ春の着る衣かたしき寢ての朝けは
| toyama tote yoso ni mo mieji haru no kiru koromo katashiki nete no asake wa |
The mountains outside my door, Unseen from afar Wear their spring Garb: in a single layer of haze They slept, this dawning. |
9
Right
張るの夜の夢の浮橋とだえして峰にわかるゝ横雲の空
| haru no yo no yume no ukihashi todaeshite mine ni wakaruru yokogumo no sora |
On a night in spring The floating bridge of dreams Does break, and Parting from the peaks Are lines of cloud across the sky. |
10
On suddenly seeing someone who had lain down to sleep on the bridge, the Provisional Minor Captain, said:
うたゝねの橋とも今宵見ゆるかな
| utatane no Fasi to mo koyoFi miyuru kana |
‘The Bridge of Fitful Sleep’ tonight It seems to be! |
I replied:
夢路に渡す名にこそありけれ
| yumedi ni watasu na ni koso arikere |
Only in dreams across it Could you go, ‘tis said. |