Left (Win)
恋路には風やはさそふ朝夕に谷の柴舟行帰れども

koiji ni wa kaze ya wa sasou asa yū ni tani no shibabune yukikaeredomo

Along the path of love Does the wind beckon me? Morning and evening Along the valley boats of brushwood Go back and forth, yet…

A Servant Girl
1177

Right
真柴こる賤にもあらぬ身なれども恋ゆへわれも歎きをぞ積む

mashiba koru shizu ni mo aranu mi naredomo koi yue ware mo nageki o zo tsumu

Cutting kindling as A mountain man is not My lot, yet For love do I Stack up my grief in logs!

The Supernumerary Master of the Empress’ Household Office
1178

Left and Right together state: there is no reason to make any criticisms here.

In judgement: although ‘beckon’ (sasou) in the Left’s poem should be ‘send’ (okuru), it is certainly elegant how it evokes thoughts of Captain Cheng travelling along the valley. The Right, beginning with ‘kindling’ (mashiba) and then having ‘grief in logs’ (nageki) sounds a little too similar, I think. The Left should win.