Left
うかれめの浮かれて歩く旅やかた住みつきがたき恋もする哉
| ukareme no ukarete ariku tabiyakata sumitsukigataki koi mo suru kana | Player girls do Drift around The inn-houses; As unsettled Is the love they make… |
Lord Suetsune
1157
Right (Win)
東路やゆききの人にうちとけて宿かりそめの契すらしも
| azumaji ya yukiki no hito ni uchitokete yado karisome no chigiri sura shimo | Along the Eastern Roads Folk go back and forth, and To relieve them, the girls Find brief lodging and even make brief Vows of love… |
The Supernumerary Master of the Empress’ Household Office
1158
The Right state: the Left’s poem has no matters we can criticize. The Left state: the conception of Love in the Right’s poem is vague.
In judgement: The Left’s poem seem certainly to capture the conceptions of both Love and player-girls. ‘Even’ (sura shimo) in the Right’s final section, sounds rather abrupt and portentous, but the initial section is certainly elegant. Thus, the Right should win.