Round Two Hundred and Sixty-One
Left
あまつそら雲のはたてにみだれつつめもあやなりやあそぶいとゆふ
| ama tsu sora kumo no hatate ni midaretsutsu me mo aya nari ya asobu itoyū | In the heavenly skies The clouds’ edge is All a tangle; Have my eyes been deceived by The sporting heat haze? |
His Excellency, Sueyoshi
520
Right
とがむべき人なきゐでのやまぶきをこころやすくやなみのをるらむ
| togamubeki hito naki ide no yamabuki o kokoro yasuku ya nami no oruramu | Is it that to scold them Not a soul there is in Ide, that The kerria, Without a care, By the waves are plucked? |
Tango
521
The conception of the Left’s ‘clouds’ edge is all a tangle; have my eyes been deceived’ is nothing less than an exemplary verse. The Right’s ‘in Ide that the kerria, without a care, by the waves are plucked’ also sounds charming, this round is another tie, isn’t it.