Left

こひするにわびしきことをくらぶるになつとふゆとはいづれまされり

koisuru ni wabishiki koto o kuraburu ni natsu to fuyu to wa izure masareri

When in love and Its suffering We compare, Summer or winter, Which is finer?

Kuronushi
11

Right

なきながすなみだもそでにそほちつつほせどかわかぬふゆはまされり

nakinagasu namida mo sode ni sōchitsutsu hosedo kawakanu fuyu wa masareri

Weeping, flow Tears upon my sleeves Leaving them ever drenched and Though I hang them out, never do they dry— Winter is finer.

Toyonushi
12

Left

いとどしくあつかはしきにこひにさへみのみこがるるなつはまされり

itodoshiku atsukawashiki ni koi ni sae mi nomi kogaruru natsu wa masareri

With dreadful Heat and Passion’s fire My flesh simply smoulders— Summer is finer.

Kuronushi
13

Right

きえかへりものおもふやどにいとどしくゆきのふりつむふゆはまされり

kiekaeri mono’omou yado ni itodoshiki yuki no furitsumu fuyu wa masareri

Vanishing inside My home, filled with gloomy thoughts, and Dreadful Snow falling in drifts— Winter is finer.

Toyonushi
14

Left

こひわびてうちなくそらにせみのこゑしらべあはするなつはまされり

koiwabite uchinaku sora ni semi no koe shirabe awasuru natsu wa masareri

Suffering with love, My cries rise into the skies, and With the cicadas’ songs Form a single refrain— Summer is finer.

Kuronushi
15

Right

さむきよにうすきころもをかへしつつぬれどねられぬふゆはまされり

samuki yo ni usuki koromo o kaeshitsutsu nuredo nerarenu fuyu wa masareri

On nights so cold My scanty robe I ever turn inside out and Lie me down, yet sleepless remain— Winter is finer!

Toyonushi
16

Left

ながきひをおもひくらしてむしのねをよるはなきあかすなつはまされり

nagaki hi o omoikurashite mushi no ne o yoru wa naki’akasu natsu wa masareri

The long days I spend burning with passion’s fire, and As the insects cry throughout The night, I greet the dawn with sobs— Summer is finer.

Kuronushi
17

Right

くさもきもおもひもともにかれゆきてしぐれにぬるるふゆはまされり

kusa mo ki mo omoi mo tomo ni kareyukite shigure ni nururu fuyu wa masareri

Both trees and grass and Passion’s fire, all Wither away, Soaked by showers, Winter is finer!

Toyonushi
18

Left

くさもきもおもひもしげくなりゆきてつゆにそほつるなつはまされり

kusa mo ki mo omoi mo shigeku nariyukite tsuyu ni sōtsuru natsu wa masareri

Both trees and grass and Passion’s fire lushly Grow, Drenched by dewfall, Summer is finer!

Kuronushi
19

Right

ひとはこずこほりにやどはとぢられておきびにもゆるふゆはまされり

hito wa kozu kōri ni yado wa tojirarete okibi ni moyuru fuyu wa masareri

My man fails to come To my house, with ice Sealed up, where Charcoal embers smoulder— Winter is finer!

Toyonushi
20

Mitsune judges

いつもいつもいかでかこひのやすからむふかきこころぞわびしさはます

itsumo itsumo ikade ka koi no yasuraramu fukaki kokoro zo wabishisa wa masu

Always, always How can I love’s pain Ease? A passionate heart with Sorrow will always swell.