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Rin’yōshū VI: 877

千代ふべき宿とやかねて知りぬらむ竹のは風もそよと答ふる

tiyo Fubeki
yado to ya kanete
sirinuramu
take no Fa kaze mo
soyo to kotaFuru
Through a thousand generations could endure
My home, ever
Is this known to
The wind passing o’er the bamboo which
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