Love I: 6

Left.

戀そむる心の底をたずぬれば人やりならぬ思なりけり

koisomuru
kokoro no soko o
tazunureba
hito yarinaranu
omoi narikeri
When first in love
Your heart’s depths
Should you plumb,
You could not tell her of
The feelings found there….

Lord Kanemune.

611

Right.

見そめつる人の心や思ひ立つ戀路の末の終りなるらん

misometsuru
hito no kokoro ya
omoitatsu
koiji no sue no
owari naruran
Catching that first glimpse,
I wonder, will her heart,
So full of feeling, take
The cruel path of love to the final
End?

The Provisional Master of the Empress Household Office.

612

Both teams state together: the poems only refer to the topic in their initial lines, and this is insufficient.

Shunzei’s judgement: both poems have no particular characteristics, either as winners or losers. The round should tie.

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