Round Fifteen

Left (Win)

夏草のなかを露けみかき分けて刈る人なしにしげる野辺かな

natsu kusa no naka o tsuyukemi kakiwakete karu hito nashi ni shigeru nobe kana

The summer grasses Midst is dew-drenched; Forging through, With no one to reap them This meadow is lush, indeed!

Tadami
29

Right.

夏ふかくなりぞしにけるおほあらきの杜の下草なべて人かる

natsu fukaku nari zo shinikeru ōaraki no mori no shitagusa nabete hito karu

Deep within the summer It is now: At Ōaraki In the sacred groves, the undergrowth Is arrayed for men to reap it!

Kanemori
30

The Right poem’s ‘Is arrayed for men to reap it’ is poor. It is inferior to the poem of the Left. Thus, I make the Left the winner.