Left (Tie).

晴曇る時雨に色を染ながら隙なく降るは木葉成けり

harekumoru shigure ni iro o somenagara himanaku furu wa ko no ha narikeri

From the unsettled skies Drizzle with colour Stains The ever-falling Leaves from the trees.

Kenshō.

481

Right.

時雨つる嶺の叢雲晴のきて風より降るは木葉なりけり

shiguretsuru mine no murakumo harenokite kaze yori furu wa ko no ha narikeri

Drizzle done, The peaks the clearing clouds Reveal; Now the winds are done, fallen are The leaves from the trees.

Nobusada.

482

Both teams state they find no particular faults with the other’s poem this round.

Shunzei’s judgement: Both poems are on the topic of ‘falling leaves’, and both ‘The ever-falling leaves from the trees’ (himanaku furu wa ko no ha) and ‘Now the winds are done, fallen are’ (kaze yori furu wa), in conception and diction, are charming [kokoro kotoba tomo no okashiku kikoyu]. They must tie.