Round Four
Left
行人を野べの尾花にまねかせて色めきたてる女郎花かな
| yuku hito o nobe no obana ni manekasete iromeki tateru ominaeshi kana | Folk going by The meadows the silver grass Is made to beckon by The seductively standing Maidenflowers! |
Lord Fujiwara no Suetsune, Former Junior Assistant Minister of Central Affairs
7
Right (Win)
吹くをりぞ過ぐる人をばまねきけるかぜや尾花の心なるらん
| fuku ori zo suguru hito oba manekikeru kaze ya obana no kokoro naruran | When it blows, Folk passing by Are beckoned— Does the wind the silver grasses’ Heart become? |
Minor Controller of the Left Fujiwara no Tamechika
8
The Left appears to have nothing remarkable about it, while the Right’s initial three sections sound clumsy, yet appear to have some degree of conception, so I would say it wins.
