Left (Tie).
思へただただよそよその人だにも別るる道は悲しからずや
| omoe tada tada yosoyoso no hito dani mo wakaruru michi wa kanashikarazu ya |
Just think: From a simple Stranger, too, The path of parting Is sad, indeed, is it not? |
717
Right.
又と思ひしほどの別だに名残は生ける心地やはせじ
| kureba mata omoishi hodo no wakare dani nagori wa ikeru kokochi ya wa seji |
‘With sunset, once again,’ I thought then, and Even that parting’s pain Lingered, living, In my heart – but no more… |
718
The Gentlemen of the Right state: we find no faults in the Left’s poem – other than the excessive repetition! The Gentlemen of the Left state: we find no faults in the Right’s poem.
Shunzei’s judgement: the Left demonstrates the sadness of the present parting compare to that from a stranger, while the Right expresses the pain of the present parting by comparison with a morning after. Once again, these are of the same quality, lacking particular faults or noteworthy elements, and thus the round ties.