Love III: 5

Left.

我戀は涙の雨の世にふりて袖より外にあらはれにけり

wa ga koi wa
namida no ame no
yo ni furite
sode yori hoka ni
arawarenikeri
My love
With a rain of tears
Has filled the world, and
In places other than my sleeves
Has been revealed.

Kenshō.

729

Right (Win).

人知れぬ心のうちに染めし色も千入になれば隱れざりけり

hito shirenu
kokoro no uchi ni
someshi iro mo
chishio ni nareba
kakurezarikeri
Unknown to all
Within my heart
Stained with passion’s hues
A thousand times over
I could hide no longer!

Lord Takanobu.

730

Left and Right both have nothing to say.

In judgement: the Left’s ‘in places other than my sleeves’ (sode yori hoka ni) is a little old-fashioned. It does not win over the Right’s ‘thousand times’

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