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Daikōtaigōgū daijin kiyosuke-ason ke uta’awase 10

Round Ten

Left (Win)

よひのまぞ人をばまちしほととぎすあくるまでこそねられざりけれ

yoi no ma zo
hito oba machishi
hototogisu
akuru made koso
nerarezarikere
All night long
Did I await him once, but
T’is the cuckoo:
Even more until the dawn, that
Keeps me from my sleep!

Shun’e
19

Right

花はすぎ紅葉はまだき夏山にをりえてもなく時鳥かな

hana wa sugi
momiji wa madaki
natsuyama ni
oriete mo naku
hototogisu kana
The blossoms are past, and
Scarlet leaves have yet to come;
In the summer mountains
How lively sings
The cuckoo!

Kenshō
20

The Left’s poem certainly commands one’s interest.

Kanpyō no ōntoki chūgū uta’awase 6

Round Six

Left

夏山のみねのこずゑのたかければなく郭公こゑかはるかな

natsuyama no
mine no kozue no
takakereba
naku hototogisu
koe kawaru kana
The summer mountain
Peaks have treetops
So high, that
The crying cuckoo’s
Calls stand for them.

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Right (Win)

おほあらきのもりの下草茂りあひてふかくも夏のなりにけるかな

ōaraki no
mori no shitagusa
moriaite
fukaku mo natsu no
narinikeru kana
In Ōaraki
Forest the undergrowth
Has grown so thick, that
Deep summer is
Surely here!

Mitsune
12