Round Eleven

Left

おぼつかないづれうらごの山ならんみなくれなゐにみゆる紅葉ば

obotsukana izure urago no yama naran mina kurenai ni miyuru momijiba

How strange it is— Where is Urago Mountain, I wonder? When all the same scarlet Seem the autumn leaves…

Kiyosuke
93

Right (Win)

大ゐ河きしのもみぢのちるをりは浪にたたするにしきとぞみる

ōigawa kishi no momiji no chiru ori wa nami ni tatasuru nishiki to zo miru

At the River Ōi, When the scarlet leaves upon the bank Come to fall, Cut out by the waves, Does their brocade appear!

Mikawa
94

When I listen to the Left I wonder what on earth it’s actually about—the end seems redolent of love. The Right doesn’t seem to have any particular faults, so it should win.