Daikōtaigōgū no suke taira no tsunemori-ason ke uta’awase 34

Round Ten

Left

をぐらやま下ゆく水のさざれ石も数かくれなくてらす月かげ

ogurayama
shita yuku mizu no
sazare’ishi mo
kazu kakurenaku
terasu tsukikage
Beneath gloomy Mount Ogura
Flow waters full
Of pebbles,
Unable to conceal their numbers
In the shining moonlight.

Lord Kiyosuke
67

Right (Win)

あまの川とわたる月の影すみてにごれるよともみえぬ空かな

ama no kawa
towataru tsuki no
kage sumite
nigoreru yo tomo
mienu sora kana
Across the River of Heaven’s
Mouth passes the moon’s
Clear light—
Even this cloudy world
Does not appear so beneath this sky!

Shinkaku
68

There’s nothing to mention about the Left, and the same is the case for the Right, but for some reason should it win?

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