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ゆくあきをまねくをばなのたもとにはつゆもおきあへずのどけからねば
yuku aki o
maneku obana no
tamoto ni wa
tsuyu mo oki’aezu
nodokekaraneba | Departing autumn
Beckoning, upon the silver grass
Sleeves
The dew cannot fall,
For tranquil they are not… |
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まねくにしあきのとまらぬものならばをばなのそでやせばくなりなん
maneku ni shi
aki no tomaranu
mono naraba
obana no sode ya
sebaku narinan | They may beckon, but
Autumn will not linger,
So,
The silver grass sleeves
Narrow will become… |
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まねけどもとまらぬあきをはなすすきほにいでてしかをなきてしたはむ
manekedomo
tomaranu aki o
hanasusuki
ho ni idete shika o
nakite shitawamu | They beckon, yet
Autumn does not linger for
The silver grass,
Bursting into bloom, as the stags
Cry out, as I would, too… |
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こひわぶるひとにあふよのしののめにはわかるといかでみぬよしもがな
koi waburu
hito ni au yo no
shinonome ni wa
wakaru to ikade
minu yoshi mogana | Suffering with love’s fire,
After a night with her
At the edge of dawn
Parting—somehow
‘Twould have been better to have seen her not! |
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Right
なげきつつおもひにあかぬあかつきはこころもゆかぬわかれをぞする
nagekitsutsu
omoi ni akanu
akatsuki wa
kokoro mo yukanu
wakare o zo suru | Ever grieving, and
With my passion’s fire unslaked,
At dawn,
My heart unsatisfied
With our parting! |
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したひもをゆふつけどりのこゑたちてけさのわかれになきぞわびぬる
shitahimo o
yūtsukedori no
koe tachite
kesa no wakare ni
naki zo wabinuru | Underbelt
Tying with the cockerel’s
Crow, arising,
At this morning’s parting
I weep, all forlorn! |
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Right
かぎりとはおもはぬものをあかつきのわかれのとこはおきうかりけり
kagiri to wa
omowanu mono o
akatsuki no
wakare no toko wa
oki’ukarikeri | My limits
I have not reached, I think, but
At dawn
Parting from your bed,
Rising is so wretched. |
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あけぬとていまはとおくるとこなかにまたあふべくもおもほえぬかな
akenu tote
ima wa to okuru
toko naka ni
mata aubeku mo
omohoenu kana | ‘Tis dawn,
Now, I think, arising—
Within your bed
We should meet again,
Don’t you think! |
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しののめにあけゆくみちもまどはなんあかでわかるるひとのためには
shinonome ni
akeyuku michi mo
madowanan
akade wakaruru
hito no tame ni wa | At the edge of dawn,
Brightening, upon the path
I will wander, lost,
Unsatisfied for I am parted
From her… |
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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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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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きみをわれおきてしゆけばあさつゆのきえかへりてもあはむとぞおもふ
kimi o ware
okiteshi yukeba
asatsuyu no
kiekaerite mo
awamu to zo omou | With you, my love, I
Having risen and departed
With the morning dew,
Vanishing away, only
To meet once more, I feel. |
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あさぼらけあかぬわかれをわびつつもゆふぐれをこそなぐさめにすれ
asaborake
akanu wakare o
wabitsutsu mo
yūgure o koso
nagusame ni sure | At the pale edge of dawn,
Unsatisfied, parting
Leaves me ever desolate—
The evening is sure to be
My consolation! |
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はるのよのあかぬわかれのあかつきはちへのにしきをたつにざりける
haru no yo no
akanu wakare no
akatsuki wa
chie no nishiki o
tatsu ni zarikeru | After a spring night,
Unsatisfied, parting at
The dawn,
Sewn a thousandfold, the brocade
Through which I go! |
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あけぬてふこゑもなみだももろともにうちいづるからにそでぞぬれける
akenu chō
koe mo namida mo
morotomo ni
uchi’izuru kara ni
sode zo nurekeru | ‘Tis dawn, say
Birdsongs and tears
Both,
Bursting out, so
My sleeves are soaked! |
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ゆふざれもさらにまたれずあさぼらけおきゆくみちのつゆとけぬべし
yūzare mo
sara ni matarezu
asaborake
okiyuku michi no
tsuyu to kenubeshi | For eventide,
Again, I cannot wait, but
At the dawning
Rise and go—my path filled
With lasting dew, it seems. |
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あはぬよはわびてもねにきあかつきのわかれのみちはまどはれぞする
awanu yo wa
wabite mo ne ni ki
akatsuki no
wakare no michi wa
madoware zo suru | Nights we fail to meet
Are desolate, but when I have come and slept with you
The dawn’s
Parting path
Leaves me lost! |
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ひくるればひとめのもりにぬるとりのあかつきがたになきつつぞたつ
hi kurureba
hitome no mori ni
nuru tori no
akatsukigata ni
nakitsutsu zo tatsu | Since the setting of the sun
Avoiding others’ eyes within the forest
Slept a bird that
At the edge of dawn
Sobbing, does depart! |
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ねをあさみそこをはなるるうきくさのけさのおきにぞながれわびぬる
ne o asami
soko o hanaruru
ukikusa no
kesa no oki ni zo
nagare wabinuru | Shallow the roots
Separating from the river’s bed,
Of the drifting waterweed,
This morning rising,
Swept away in desolation! |
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Partings at Dawn
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ひとしれぬわがみとおもへばあかつきのとりとともにやなきてかへらん
hito shirenu
wa ga mi to omoeba
akatsuki no
tori to tomo ni ya
nakite kaeran | No one knew
Of my sorry state, I thought, so
With the dawn
Birds’ chorus should I,
Sobbing, make my way home? |
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ひとしれずあかでわかるるあかつきにうちなきそふるをしのこゑかな
hito shirezu
akade wakaruru
akatsuki ni
uchinaki souru
oshi no koe kana | No one knows
How unsatisfied I am to part
With the dawn
Sobs overlaying
The cries of the mandarin ducks! |
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