When he was confused and hesitated by anticipating that, if he made a mistake, something untoward might occur, and not only he but also generations to come would be disgraced, Toba-in ordered him again, so, Yorimasa presented to Toba-in a poem saying that 'the water overflows the stone fence of the pond due to early-summer rain. Therefore, it is hard to tell which one is Ayame (iris)'.
もし間違えれば、おかしなことになり、当座の恥どころか末代まで笑いものになってしまうと困って躊躇していると、院から再び仰せがあったので、「五月雨に沼の石垣水こえて何かあやめ引きぞわづらふ」という歌を院に奉る。