Round Eight

Left

しぐれもるかりいほにぬれてほすころもながゐのあまはとりやたがへむ

shigure moru kari’io ni nurete hosu koromo nagai no ama wa tori ya tagaemu

Drenched by showers, In my crude hut my soaked Robe I dry— Might a fisherman from Nagai Take it by mistake?

Koretsuna
65

Right (Win)

ひとりねのあはれひまなきたびごろもしぐれはれてもそではぬれけり

hitorine no aware himanaki tabigoromo shigure haretemo sode wa nurekeri

Sleeping solo with No break from my sorrow, My traveller’s robe, Even should the showers clear, Would have soaking sleeves…

Suesada
66

The configuration of the Left is extremely charming, but I do wonder about starting with a sorrowful journey in the showers and then taking a robe by mistake! The conception of the Right, starting with endless sorrow and then saying, ‘even should the showers clear’, seems pleasant. It seems that the Right wins.