Left (Tie)
あふことのきみにたえにしわがみよりいくらのなみだながれいでぬらむ
au koto no kimi ni taenishi wa ga mi yori ikura no namida nagare’idenuramu My meetings with
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Right
きみこひのあまりにしかばしのぶれどひとのしるらんことのわびしさ
kimi koi no amari nishikaba shinoburedo hito no shiruran koto no wabishiki Loving you
Tsurayuki
On hearing His Highness, the Prince of the Right remark in irritation that the Left’s poem had appealed to His Majesty’s heart, His Majesty composed
yukikaeri chidori naku naru hamayū no kokoro hedatete omou mono ka wa Going back and forth
His Majesty
人しれぬ袖ぞ露けき逢ふことはかれのみまさる山のした草
hito shirenu sode zo tsuyukeki au koto wa kare nomi masaru yama no shitagusa Unknown to all
[Nakako,] The Suō Handmaid
In reply.
おく山の下かげ草はかれやする軒ばにのみはおのれなりつつ
oku yama no shitakagegusa wa kare ya suru nokiba ni nomi wa onore naritsutsu Deep within the mountains, have
The Consultant Middle Captain
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Left.
tsurenashi to
How cruel
Lord Kanemune
Right (Win).
harukanaru
Far, far away
Lord Takanobu
The Right state: we find the Left’s poem unconvincing. The Left state: the Right’s poem lacks any faults.
In judgement: in the Left’s poem, ‘my thoughts a river’ (omoigawa ) is certainly not unconvincing. The latter section of the Right’s poem sounds fine. It should win.
'Simply moving and elegant'
