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Mitsune-shū 94

五月雨の－黄昏時は－月影の－朧けにやは－我が人を待つ

samidare no
tasogaredoki Fa
tukikage no
oboroke ni ya Fa
wa ga Fito o matu

Drizzle at
The hour of dusk
Makes the moonlight
Mistily uncertain
As I await my man…

Ōshikōchi no Mitsune
凡河内躬恒

老いばみの辛きものなり今日はしも濡れてもぬれむ菊の白露

oibami no
karaki mono nari
keFu Fa simo
nuretemo nuremu
kiku no siratuyu

To get old is
A painful thing, indeed;
So on this day for certain
Will I wet myself well
With silver chrysanthemum dew…

新玉の年ふりつもる山里に雪あかれぬは我が身なりけり

aratama no
tosi Furitumoru
yamazato ni
yuki akarenu Fa
wa ga mi narikeri

Fresh-jewelled
The years arrive and pile upon
My mountain home;
Unsurfeited with snow
Am I!

沢田川せせの白糸くりかへし君うちはへて万よばへよ

sawadagaFa
sese no sira’ito
kurikaFesi
kimi utiFaFete
yorodu yobaFeyo

At Sawada River
White spume from the rapids
Time and time again
Ever for you, my love,
A myriad times call out!