Round Nineteen
Left (Win)
うちはらふ枕のちりもかくれなくあれたる宿をてらす月影
uchiharau makura no chiri mo kakurenaku aretaru yado o terasu tsukikage Needing to be swept away,
Taifu
Right
秋の夜の月みる袖におく露やひるにかはれるしるしなるらん
aki no yo no tsuki miru sode ni oku tsuyu ya hiru ni kawareru shirushi naruran On an autumn night
Yorisuke
In both the moon is bright, and I feel they reflect the essential meaning of the topic, but as its diction is currently slightly more familiar, I make the Left the winner. It would be possible to call this a tie, too, though.
わぎもこがひもゆふぐれのきくなればあかずぞはなのいろはみえける
wagimoko ga hi mo yūgure no kiku nareba akazu zo hana no iro wa miekeru My darling girl
Korenori
きくのはなふゆののかぜにちりもせでけふまでとてやしもはおくらん
kiku no hana fuyu no kaze ni chiri mo sede kyō made tote ya shimo wa okuran Chrysanthemum blooms
Korenori
かげさへやこよひはにほふきくのはなあまてるつきにかのそはるらん
kage sae ya koyoi wa niou kiku no hana ama teru tsuki ni ka no sowaruran Even their shape
Korenori
Round Seventeen
Left
夜もすがらをばすて山の月をみて昔にかよふ我がこころかな
yomosugara obasuteyama no tsuki o mite mukashi kayou wa ga kokoro kana All night long
Lord Kiyosuke
Right (Win)
山のはに雲のよこぎるよひのまは出でても月ぞ猶またれける
yama no ha ni kumo no yokogiru yoi no ma wa idete mo tsuki zo nao matarekeru Along the mountains’ edge
Atsuyori
Round Sixteen
The Moon
Left (Tie)
今よりはふけ行くまでに月はみしその事となく涙おちけり
ima yori wa fukeyuku made ni tsuki wa mishi sono koto to naku namida ochikeri From now
Lord Kiyosuke
Right
待つ人のこぬもおもへばつらからずねなばこよひの月をみましや
matsu hito no konu mo omoeba tsurakarazu nenaba koyoi no tsuki o mimashi ya The man I await
Kūnin
Both have deep feeling—it really is impossible to distinguish them.
Summer rain
五月雨は心あらなん雲間より出でくる月をまてばくるしも
samidare wa kokoro aranan kumoma yori idekuru tsuki o mateba kurushi mo O, summer rain,
有明の月は入りぬる木の間よりやまほととぎすなきていづなり
ariake no tsuki wa irinuru ko no ma yori yamahototogisu nakite’izu nari At the dawn
あし曳のやまほととぎすみ山いでてよぶかき月のかげになくなり
ashihiki no yama hototogisu miyama idete yobukaki tsuki no kage ni naku nari Leg-wearying
行く春のかたみとおもふにあまつ空有明の月は影もたえにき
yuku haru no katami to omou ni ama tsu sora ariake no tsuki wa kage mo taeniki Of departing spring
The moon over the seashore in spring.
住吉の松の木がくれ行く月のおぼろにかすむはるのよの空
sumiyoshi no matsu no kigakure yuku tsuki no oboro ni kasumu haru no yo no sora At Sumiyoshi
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たれすみて誰ながむらん故郷のよしのの宮の春のよの月
tare sumite tare nagamuran furusato no yoshino no miya no haru no yo no tsuki Who might have lived, and
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