Left (Tie).

蚊遣火の煙いぶせき賤の庵にすゝけぬ物は夕顔の花

kayaribi no kemuri ibuseki shizu no io ni susukenu mono wa yūgao no hana

Mosquito smudge fires’ Fumes fill the dreary Peasant’s hut; but Untouched by soot are The moonflower blooms.

Lord Suetsune.

269

Right (Tie).

煙立つ賤が庵か薄霧のまがきに咲ける夕顔の花

kemuri tatsu shizu no iori ka usugiri no magaki ni sakeru yūgao no hana

Is this smoke rising from The peasants’ huts? Faintly misted Blooming on the rough-hewn fence Are moonflowers…

Ietaka.

270

The Right have no criticisms to make this round. The Left simply say the phrase ‘huts? Faintly misted’ (iori ka usugiri) ‘stands out’.

Again, Shunzei is blunt: ‘The Left’s “untouched by soot” (susukenu) and the Right’s “faintly misted” (usugiri) are both equally poor. The round should tie.’