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Daikōtaigōgū no suke taira no tsunemori-ason ke uta’awase 46

Round Ten

Left (Win)

一たびは風にちりにし紅葉ばをとなせの滝の猶おとすかな

hitotabi wa
kaze ni chirinishi
momijiba o
tonase no taki no
nao otosu kana
Once
Scattered by the wind
Scarlet leaves
Down the cateract at
Tonase Fall once more!

Arifusa
91

Right

色ふかき紅葉うつらぬ所こそ立田の川のあさせなりけれ

iro fukaki
momiji utsuranu
tokoro koso
tatsuta no kawa no
asase narikere
Deep the hues of
Scarlet leaves, reflected not
In this place above all:
The River Tatsuta’s
Shallow rapids.

Lay Priest Sanekiyo
92

The Left appears charming, but might have been slightly improved had it been composed about pleasure boating on the Ōi. As for the Right, it is erroneous to specify the shallow rapids as a place where scarlet leave are not reflected. Taken as a whole it is inferior.