On the sound of a flute under the moon.
月かげにこちくの声ぞ聞ゆなるふりにしいもは待ちやかぬらん
| tsuki kage ni kochiku no koe zo kikoyu naru furinishi imo wa machi ya kanuran | In the moonlight A flute’s notes Do sound— My dear old girl: Does she find it hard to wait, I wonder? |
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Kintō-shū 436
思ひ知るうき三島江の水なれば行けども行かれぬ心地こそすれ
| omoFisiru uki misimae no midu nareba yukedomo yukarenu kokoti koso sure |
With my thoughts Desolate am I as Mishima Bay’s Waters, so Although I move on, yet I do not I feel… |
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