Round Twenty-Six

Left

恋ひしなんいのちを誰にゆづりおきてつれなき人のはてをみせまし

koishinan inochi o tare ni yuzuri’okite tsurenaki hito no hate o misemashi

Likely dying of love, My life, to whom should I Consign? That cruel girl’s Ending—would that show it to her?

Shun’e

51

Right (Win)

つれもなき人はおもひもすてられでうき身のみこそなげまほしけれ

tsure mo naki hito wa omoi mo suterarede ukimi no mi koso nagemahoshikere

So cruel is That girl, but my passion for her I cannot abandon; It is my pitiful self that I would wish to throw away!

Kenshō

52

The Left isn’t bad, but it’s a bit cliched. As for the Right, having both ‘abandon’ and ‘throw away’ could be a fault and yet the conception of one ‘abandoning passion’ is different. Whichever way you look at it, it wins.