Kinkai wakashū 414

我がやどのませのはたてにはふうりのなりもならずもふたりねまほし

wa ga yado no
mase no hatate ni
hau uri no
nari mo narazu mo
futari nemahoshi

At my house
Along the edge of the bamboo fence
Trail melons,
Will it be or will it not—
I would the two of us sleep together!

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Waka Poetry