Round Ten

Left (Win)

数ならぬ深山がくれを尋ねてぞ心の末の花も見るべき

kazu naranu miyamagakure o tazunete zo kokoro no sue no hana mo mirubeki

Not for many, but Hidden deep within the mountains, I go seeking for My heart’s final desire: Catching sight of a blossom.

The Former Minister of the Centre
19

Right

まがひこし雲をばよそに吹きなして峰の桜ににほふ春風

magaikoshi kumo o ba yoso ni fukinashite mine no sakura ni niou harukaze

I had mistaken The clouds far away A’blowing, for Cherries on the peaks Scenting the breeze of spring.

Kozaishō
20

Both Left and Right sound elegant, yet still the hue of ‘my heart’s final desire: blossom’ is something I can visualise—thus, it wins.