Left (Win).
恨み來しそのいにしへに變らぬは絶ぬる後の心なりけり
| uramikoshi sono inishie ni kawaranu wa taenuru nochi no kokoro narikeri |
I came to hate her Long ago, and All that remains unchanged After such a time apart Is my heart. |
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Right.
何故に忘れにける我身ぞと人づてにてもいかゞ聞くべき
| nani yue ni wasurenikeru wa ga mi zo to hitozute nite mo ikaga kikubeki |
For what was I forgotten? Was it me? Perhaps via messenger – How should I ask him best? |
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Both teams together state they find no faults.
In judgement: the Right’s poem implies that the speaker thinks she is faultless, which seems unlikely. The Left’s poem is elegant. It should win.