散りにける竜田の川の葉紅葉はかき集むれど甲斐なかりけり
| chirinikeru tatsuta no kawa no momijiba wa kakiatsumuredo kainakarikeri |
Scattered, Upon the Tatsuta River, Scarlet autumn leaves I sweep together, yet Purpose serves it none… |
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Nagayoshi-shū 44
うしとだにいふもさらなりいざさらばいざやいかなる我が身なるらむ
| ushi to dani iu mo sara nari iza saraba iza ya ikanaru wa ga mi naruramu |
That I am cruel You would say, of course! So, then, so be it! What, then, indeed, Will become of one such as I? |