Left (Win).
うたゝ寢の夢よりさきに明ぬ也山ほとゝぎす一聲の空
utatane no yume yori saki ni akenu nari yama hototogisu hitogoe no sora |
Before even a brief dozy Dream, ‘Tis light, with A mountain cuckoo’s Single song in the skies. |
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Right.
足引の山郭公待つとても寢ぬ夜の空に明るしのゝめ
ashihiki no yama hototogisu matsu tote mo nenu yo no sora ni akuru shinonome |
The leg-wearying Mountain cuckoo I would await, still Sleepless, the night sky Is dark before dawn’s light. |
238
The Right state that the Left’s poem this round is ‘exceptionally wonderful’, while the Left simply remark that the Right’s poem is ‘old-fashioned in parts’.
Shunzei states, ‘The gentlemen of the Right have already judged the Left’s poem. All that I can say is that it is better than exceptionally wonderful. Thus, the Left must win.’