Insect and Evenings

Round Seven

Left

はふりこがしめゆふ野べの鈴虫は夕つけてこそふりたててなけ

hōriko ga shimeyū nobe no suzumushi wa yū tsukete koso furitatete nake

The priests have Garlanded the meadows where The bell crickets With the fall of evening Sing out so loud.

Major Archbishop
13

Right

神がきのいはねにさせる榊葉にゆふかけてなく鈴虫のこゑ

kamigaki no iwane ni saseru sakakiba ni yū kakete naku suzumushi no koe

Within the sacred precincts At the crags’ foot thrust Are leaves from the sacred tree To the garlands clinging, as crying Come the bell crickets’ songs.

Tadasue, Senior Assistant Minister of the Sovereign’s Household
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I would say that both of these, Left and Right, are of the same quality in terms of diction and configuration.