Round Fourteen

Left (Win)

みやゐしていくよへぬらむすみよしのまつふくかぜもかみさびにけり

miya’ishite iku yo henuramu sumiyoshi no matsu fuku kaze mo kamisabinikeri

Since He manifested here How many ages might have passed? At Sumiyoshi The wind gusting through the pines, too, Is touched with divinity…

Tsunemasa
127

Right

よのなかをいとふこころはさきだちていつまでとまるうきみなるらむ

yo no naka o itou kokoro wa sakidachite itsu made tomaru ukimi naruramu

This mundane world My heart does despise and Would depart, but How long will I remain, Suffering as I am?

Nakatsuna
128

Both Left and Right are expressions of grievance, but the Left is merely concerned with ‘Since He manifested here / How many ages might have passed?’, while the Right simply wonders ‘How long will I remain’ while despising the mundane world. I cannot really say that either is superior in the emotions they express, yet due to its reference to the deity, I should say that the Left wins.