Round Seven

Cherry

Left (Win)

からくにの虎伏すのべににほふとも花の下にはねてぞ帰らん

karakuni no tora fusu nobe ni niou tomo hana no shita ni wa nete zo kaeran

Even in the land of Cathay, where Tigers lie among the meadows— Should they shine there, then Beneath the blossoms Would I sleep and then head home.

Lord Kiyosuke
13

Right

わぎもこがはこねの山のいと桜むすびおきたる花かとぞみる

wagimoko ga hakone no yama no itozakura musubiokitaru hana ka to zo miru

As my darling’s treasured Box is Hakone Mountain, with Weeping cherries Bound, or So the blossoms do appear to me.

Kenshō

14

Neither of these are bad, but because for the moment it has a stronger conception of affection for the blossom, the Left is superior.