Left (Win).
行く末の深き縁とぞ契つるまだ結ばれぬ淀の若菰
| yukusue no fukaki eni to zo chigiritsuru mada musubarenu yodo no wakagomo |
In the future, A deep connection will we have, You vowed, Yet still no one has cupped This young shoot of wild rice at Yodo. |
A Servant Girl.
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Right.
結ばんと契し人を忘れずやまだ影淺き井手の玉水
| musuban to chigirishi hito o wasurezu ya mada kage asaki ide no tamamizu |
That we would be joined We swore, so Will you not forget me? The slight reflection left In Ide’s jewelled waters… |
Ietaka.
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Both Left and Right state: there is no separation between man and woman.
In judgement: ‘Young shoot of wild rice at Yodo’ (yodo no wakagomo) and ‘Ide’s jewelled waters’ (ide no tamamizu) are both elegant in style, but the Left has pledged a more profound bond. The Right has ‘the slight reflection left’ (mada kage asaki) and the Left is a poem about a vow which has been made. The Right is just referring to events of the past. Thus, ‘depth’ should win.