Left
夏の日を暮らし侘びぬる蝉の まにわがなきそふるこゑはきこゆや[1]
natsu no hi o kurashiwabinuru semi no ma ni wa ga nakisouru koe wa kikoyu ya The summer sunthe cicadas
59
Right
恨みつつとどむる人のなければや山時鳥うかれでてなく
uramitsutsu todomuru hito no nakereba ya yama hototogisu ukaredete naku How I constantly despise
60
[1] The phrase semi no (‘the cicadas’) is missing from the text of the contest, but has been suggested by later scholarship.
Left (Win)
fuetake no
My bamboo flute’s
A Servant Girl
Right
wa ga koi wa
My love: like
Lord Takanobu
Left and Right together state: no faults.
In judgement: the Right’s pipes would seem to sound very youthful, indeed! As for the Left, although I feel I have heard such a conception before, because for the life of me I cannot recall where, the style seems tasteful. The Left wins.
春霞とひわけいぬる声聞きて狩衣なりとほかはいふらむ
Farugasumi
Through the haze of spring
Ki no Tsurayuki
Left
naku ni nado
Why does your song
5
Right (Win)
siranedomo
I know it not, yet
6
'Simply moving and elegant'