Round Five

Left (Win)

なつの夜のふすかとすればほととぎす鳴く一声に明くるしののめ

natsu no yo no fusu ka to sureba hototogisu naku hitogoe ni akuru shinonome

On summer nights, I’m wondering whether to go to bed, when A cuckoo’s Single call Brightens the dawn.

Ki no Tsurayuki
9

Right

郭公をちかへりなけうなゐこがうちたれがみの五月雨の空

hototogisu ochikaerinake unaiko ga uchitaregami no samidare no sora

A cuckoo Calls again and again; A child’s shoulder-brushing Hair dangling down: A summer shower fills the skies.

Ōshikōchi no Mitsune 10[1]

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[1] Shūishū II: 116: For a poetry contest at Sadafun’s house.