Round Seventeen

Left (Win)

こよひしもあやにくにふるしぐれかなまばらにさせるしばのいほりに

koyoi shimo ayaniku ni furu shigure kana mabara ni saseru shiba no iori ni

Of all nights How unfortunate it is that falls A shower! Upon my crudely erected Brushwood hut!

Lord Kinshige
83

Right

くさまくらつゆけきたびのくれはとりあやにくにまたしぐれふるなり

kusamakura tsuyukeki tabi no kurehatori akaniku ni mata shigure furu nari

My grassy pillow is Dew-drenched on my travels At Kurehatori—the weaver’s town! How warped that still A shower falls here!

Enjitsu
84

Both Left and Right have their showers falling unfortunately, and the poem of the Right starts with ‘Kurehatori’ and continues with ‘warped’ which sounds charming, but to mention ‘dew-drenched travels’ and follow this with Kurehatori give a somewhat unexpected impression. The Left lacks anything as individual as Kurehatori’s warp, but ‘crudely erected’ is a direct description and, thus I could make the Left the winner.