Left (Tie).
つれもなく逢ふに命のながらへて今日は別れに変るべき哉
| tsure mo naku au ni inochi no nagaraete kyō wa wakare ni kawarubeki kana |
How cruel it is, that Through meeting life Continued on, and yet From today to parting It must change… |
715
Right.
逢までの思は事の数ならで別れぞ戀の始め成りける
| au made no omou wa koto no kazu narade wakare zo koi no hajimenarikeru |
Until the point of meeting One’s thoughts are Nothing special; It is on parting that love Finds its true beginning! |
716
The Gentlemen of the Right state: we find no faults in the Left’s poem. The Gentlemen of the Left state: if one followed the pattern of the Right’s poem, there would seem to be little love at all!
Shunzei’s judgement: the style of both poems is elegant. They must tie.