Round Thirty

Personal Grievances

Left (Tie)

としをへて梅も桜もさくものを我が身のはるにまちぞかねぬる

toshi o hete ume mo sakura mo saku mono o wa ga mi no haru ni machi zo kanenuru

The years go by and The plum and cherry, too, Burst into bloom, yet For the springtime of my sorry self It is so hard to have waited!

Kiyosuke
59

Right

数ならで年へぬる身は今さらに世をうしとだにおもはざりけり

kazu narade toshi henuru mi wa ima sara ni yo o ushi to dani omowazarikeri

Innumerable are The years I’ve passed, but Right now, that The world is a cruel place, even I do not think.

Shun’e
60

Both of these have no faults to point out, but also no superlative parts either.