Round Twenty-Seven

Left (Tie)

高砂のすそ野の真萩露ふかし嶺の秋風ふかずもあらなむ

takasago no susono no ma’hagi tsuyu fukashi mine no akikaze fukazu mo aranamu

On Takasago’s Slopes the fair bush clover is Deep in dew— O, that the autumn winds from the peak Would fail to blow…

The Supernumerary Major Counsellor
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Right

久かたの天とぶかりの涙さへおちてみだるる萩のうは露

hisakata no ama tobu kari no namida sae ochite midaruru hagi no uwazuyu

From the eternal Heavens flying, even the goose Tears Drop in confusion Overlaying the dew upon the bush clover.[1]

Nobunari
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Both Left and Right seem particularly pleasant. Thus, they tie.

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[1] An allusive variation on: Topic unknown. なきわたるかりの涙やおちつらむ物思ふやどの萩のうへのつゆ nakiwataru / kari no namida ya / ochitsuran / mono’omou yado no / hagi no ue no tsuyu ‘Calling across / Did the geese let tears / Fall? / My dwelling, lost in thought, / Has dew upon the bush clover.’ Anonymous (KKS IV: 221)