Left.
あはれかな遠の山田にさ夜更けてはのかに引板の音斗する
| aware kana ochi no yamada ni sayo fukete honoka ni hita no oto bakari suru |
O, how sad! From the distant mountain fields As the night draws in Comes faintly the bird-clapper’s Sound, and nothing more… |
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Right (Win).
いづくより秋のあはれを誘ひ來て稲葉に風の吹續くらん
| izuku yori aki no aware o sasoikite inaba ni kaze no fukutsuzukuran |
Where is it from that, Autumn sadness Is invited in? Over the rice-stems the wind Blows on and on… |
The Master of the Empress’ Household Office.
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The Right state that they are left wondering why, by the first line of the Left’s poem. The Left have no criticisms of the Right’s poem.
Shunzei’s judgement: The Left faintly hears the sound of a bird clapper from distant mountain fields. The Right’s poem is a from a dwelling among the fields. Moreover, ‘blows on and on’ (fukitsuzuku) is forceful, indeed. It must win.