Round Twenty-Two

Snow

Left (Win)

霜がれのまがきの中に雪ふれば菊より後の花もありけり

shimogare no magaki no naka ni yuki fureba kiku yori nochi no hana mo arikeri

When, burned by frost, Within my lattice fence There is a fall of snow, After the chrysanthemums, There are flowers, even so.

Suketaka
43

Right

花さけば雪かとみせて雪ふれば花かとみするみよしのの山

hana sakeba yuki ka to misete yuki fureba hana ka to misuru miyoshino no yama

When the blossom blooms I wonder if ‘tis snow, and When the snow does fall I wonder if ‘tis blossom In the mountains of fair Yoshino.

Kūnin
44

Both are elegant, but even so the Right should lose.