Left (Tie).

さやかなる秋にもまされあはれかな月影かすむ有明の空

sayakanaru aki no mo masare aware kana tsuki kage kasumu ariake no sora

The clarity of Autumn, too, is splendid and Moving, indeed, I feel in The hazy moonlight from The daybreak sky.

Lord Ari’ie.

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Right (Tie).

今はとてたのむの雁もうちわびぬ朧月夜の明ぼのゝ空

ima wa tote tanomu no kari mo uchiwabinu oborozukiyo no akebono no sora

‘Now we must return,’ The field resting geese Lament, under the Misty moonlit Dawning sky.

Jakuren.

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The Right team once again rate the Left’s poem as ‘satisfying’, while the Left say the Right’s is ‘especially satisfying. ’

Shunzei’s judgement is that ‘the Left’s “hazy moonlight from the daybreak sky” (tsuki kage kasumu ariake no sora) and the Right’s “Misty moonlit dawning sky” (oborozukiyo no akebono no sora) are both splendid. It is difficult, indeed, to decide between them. Another excellent tie.’