Round Ten

Left (Win)

一たびは風にちりにし紅葉ばをとなせの滝の猶おとすかな

hitotabi wa kaze ni chirinishi momijiba o tonase no taki no nao otosu kana

Once Scattered by the wind Scarlet leaves Down the cateract at Tonase Fall once more!

Arifusa
91

Right

色ふかき紅葉うつらぬ所こそ立田の川のあさせなりけれ

iro fukaki momiji utsuranu tokoro koso tatsuta no kawa no asase narikere

Deep the hues of Scarlet leaves, reflected not In this place above all: The River Tatsuta’s Shallow rapids.

Lay Priest Sanekiyo
92

The Left appears charming, but might have been slightly improved had it been composed about pleasure boating on the Ōi. As for the Right, it is erroneous to specify the shallow rapids as a place where scarlet leave are not reflected. Taken as a whole it is inferior.