Entō ōn’uta’awase 24

Round Twenty-Four

Left (Tie)

覚束なたれきけとてか時鳥さよふけ方の雲に鳴くらん

obotsukana
tare kike tote ka
hototogisu
sayo fukegata no
kumo ni nakuran
I do not understand—
Who is it that you demand hears you,
O, cuckoo?
Toward brief night’s dawn,
Calling from within the clouds…

Tomoshige
47

Right

待ちかねしよはも昔にかはらねばことしもつらし山時鳥

machikaneshi
yowa mo mukashi ni
kawaraneba
kotoshi mo tsurashi
yamahototogisu
Eagerly awaiting
Midnight, to find—as long before—
It all unchanged, so
This year, too, how cruel is
The mountain cuckoo!

Dharma Master Zenshin
48

Both Left and Right sound suitable. So, they should tie.

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