Round Nineteen

Left (Tie)

なれをしぞあはれとはおもふ時鳥あかず過ぎても歳のへぬれば

nare o shizo aware to wa omou hototogisu akazu sugite mo toshi no henureba

You, indeed, do Deeply move me O, cuckoo! Never sated am I Through all the passing years…

The Supernumerary Major Counsellor
37

Right

われならで何をうしとか時鳥ことしも雲のよそに鳴くらん

ware narade nani o ushi to ka hototogisu kotoshi mo kumo no yoso ni nakuran

Not I, but What is it distresses you so, O, cuckoo? That this year, too, from the clouds Yonder side you seem to sing…

Lord Nobunari
38

Both Left and Right don’t sound bad, so again this is a tie.