Left

さかざらむものならなくにさくらばなおもかげにのみまだきみゆらむ

sakazaramu mono naranaku ni sakurabana nao mo kage ni nomi madaki miyuramu

Wishing not to bloom Will not remain The cherry blossom, but Even so their shape alone Swiftly, I would wish to see!

Mitsune
3

Right

やまざくらさきぬるときはつねよりもみねのしらくもたちまさりけり

yamazakura sakinuru toki wa tsune yori mo mine no shirakumo tachimasarikeri

When the mountain cherry Has bloomed, Earlier than usual Clouds of white around the peak Do rise spectacularly!

Tsurayuki
4[i]

The Left uses ‘wish’[ii] twice; the Right places the mountain cherries at a distance—that make the round a tie.

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[i] This poem is included in Gosenshū (I: 118), with the headnote, ‘A poem from Former Emperor Uda’s Poetry Contest’.

[ii] Uda is objecting to Mitsune’s double usage of the auxiliary verb -ramu in his judgement here.