Left.
唱へつる三世の佛の中の夜になぞ栢梨を勧め置きけん
| tonaetsuru miyo no hotoke no naka no yo ni nazo kaenashi o susume’okiken |
Reciting the names Of all three world’s Buddhas; In the midst of that night Why is Kaenashi’s sake Proffered? |
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Right.
唱へつる三世の佛のよそに又大宮人の名乘るべしやは
| tonaetsuru miyo no hotoke no yoso ni mata ōmiyabito no nanorubeshi ya wa |
Reciting the names Of all three world’s Buddhas; On departing, once more Do the palace folk Announce their names? |
590
The Gentlemen of the Left and Right state jointly: why be bothered about proffering Kaenashi sake, or courtiers giving their names?
Shunzei’s judgement: the poems of both Left and Right merely recall the order of events at the ceremony of reciting the Buddhas’ names. In conception and quality [kokoro mo uta hodo mo] they are equal.