Left (Win).
けふは我君がみまへに取る文のさしてかたまる梓弓かな
| kyō wa wa ga kimi ga mimae ni toru fumi no sashite katamaru azusayumi kana |
Today to Our Lord’s Presence We take, missives Attached and drawn tight, Bows of catalpa wood… |
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Right.
百敷や近きまもりの梓弓わが引く方ぞ心にはいる
| momoshiki ya chikaki mamori no azusayumi wa ga hiku kata zo kokoro ni wa iru |
Hundred-fold, the palace; Close by, sentries with Catalpa bows: Drawing them, Their hearts fly forth! |
The Provisional Master of the Empress Household Office.
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The Right team state simply that they ‘don’t understand the content’ of the Left’s poem, while the Left remark airily of the Right’s that it ‘hits the topic dead on!’ Nevertheless, Shunzei says that the Left’s poem, ‘seems charming, with its image of letters to His Majesty attached to staves’, and awards it the victory.