Round Thirty-Five

Left (Tie)

おのがすむ嶺の木がらし寒き夜は鹿も紅葉の衣きるらし

ono ga sumu mine no kogarashi samuki yo wa shika mo momiji no koromo kirurashi

Where he dwells upon The peak, the bitter wind On a night so chill, for The stag, of scarlet leaves Does seem to make a robe.

The Supernumerary Major Counsellor
69

Right

すみのぼる月にうらむる声すなりねられぬ鹿や夜寒なるらん

suminoboru tsuki ni uramuru koesunari nerarenu shika ya yozamu naruran

Climbing clearly At the moon, in despair Does he cry— Sleepless, does the stag Feel night’s chill, perhaps?

Nobunari
70

The Left’s poem has ‘the stag, of scarlet leaves does seem to make a robe’ which sounds charming, and the Right’s poem has ‘sleepless, does the stag feel night’s chill, perhaps’, which appears refined. Thus, they tie.