Round Eight

Left (Win)

朝まだきたつや霞の波まより昨日はみえし淡路島山

asa madaki tatsu ya kasumi no namima yori kinō mieshi awajishima yama

Early in the morning, Breaking, haze From between the waves, rather than Yesterday’s sight of The mountains of Awaji Isle…

Fujiwara no Tomoshige
15

Right

さえ残る雪げの春の朝霞かすむ名のみや空に立つらん

saenokoru yukige no haru no asagasumi kasumu na nomi sora ni tatsuran

Do chilly remnants of Snowmelt in spring Make morning haze’s Blur in name alone Drift into the skies?

Dharma Master Zenshin
16

The Left’s ‘Yesterday’s sight of the mountains of Awaji Isle’ sounds pleasant. The Right’s ‘Blur in name alone drift into the skies’ does not sound bad, but thinking of the conception of the topic, haze in name only is a bit inferior, isn’t it? Thus, the Left wins.