Left (Win).
今日もまた歸らん憂さを思ふかな尋ねかねにし心ならひに
| kyō mo mata kaeran usa o omou kana tazunekanenishi kokoro narai ni |
Today, again, I must head home, The unfairness of it I feel, for When I could not call on you My feelings were the same… |
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Right.
今宵さへたゞや歸らん月故に友を尋ねし人ならなくに
| koyoi sae tada ya kaeran tsuki yue ni tomo o tazuneshi hito naranaku ni |
This night, too, I wonder, will I head home? Though on account of the moon, alone Gone calling – I am not such a man as that! |
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The Gentlemen of the Left and Right state the opposing team’s poem lacks thought.
Shunzei’s judgement: The Right’s reference to Dai Andao is quite commonplace. The final section of the Left’s poem is fine.