Yōzei’in miko futari uta’awase 16

Left

をしとおもふいのちにかへてあかつきのわかれのみちはいかでやめてむ

oshi to omou
inochi ni kaete
akatsuki no
wakare no michi wa
ikade yametemu
Filled with regret,
This life I would exchange:
On dawn’s
Parting path
How can I stop my steps?

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Right

あけぬとてあかずしきみをわかるればこころはゆかぬものにざりける

akenu tote
akazu shi kimi o
wakarureba
kokoro wa yukanu
mono ni zarikeru
When at dawn,
Unsatisfied, from you, my love,
I part,
My heart goes nowhere
At all!

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