Left
逢ひがたみ眼より涙は流るれど恋をば消たぬものにざりける
| aFigatami me yori namida Fa nagaruredo koFi woba ketanu mono ni zarikeru |
At the impossibility of meeting From my eyes the tears Flow, yet My love extinguished Shall never be! |
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Right
夢にだに見ぬ人恋に燃ゆる身の煙は空に満ちやしぬらむ
| yume ni dani minu Fito koFi ni moyuru mi no keburi Fa sora ni miti ya sinuramu |
Even in dreams Unseen is she, yet with love For her I burn; Will my smoke the skies Fill with my death, I wonder? |
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Love
Left
世の中の常の恋とや思ふらむ涙もことにわきて出づるを
| yo no naka no tune no koFi to ya omoFuramu namida mo koto ni wakite iduru wo |
Is this an everyday Ordinary love, I wonder? My tears extraordinarily Spring forth. |
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Right
逢ふにこそ惜しからずてへ命をば逢はぬに我よかへぞしつべき
| aFu ni koso osikarazu teFe inoti woba aFanu ni ware yo kaFe zo situbeki |
A meeting Without regret O, for such a life! But With none, I this night Have simply returned home! |
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Left
時鳥今宵はとまれ片岡の朝の原に帰りやせぬ
| Fototogisu koyoFi Fa tomare katawoka no asita no Fara ni kaFeri ya senu |
O, cuckoo Stay here this night, and Down the hillside With the morning to the plain Will you not return? |
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Right
我が宿に声な惜しみそ時鳥通ふ千里のゆきはてぞ此は
| wa ga yado ni kowe na osimi so Fototogisu kayoFu tisato no yukiFate zo ko Fa |
At my home I regret not your song, O, cuckoo, For your thousand league Journey’s end lies here. |
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Left
明けぬ間に箱根の山の時鳥二声とだに鳴き渡るらむ
| akenu ma ni Fakone no yama no Fototogisu Futakowe to dani nakiwataruramu |
Before the dawn no Hakone Mountain Cuckoos’ Twin calls simply Seem to sing back and forth |
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Right (Win)
深山出でていづこも旅ぞ時鳥ここにを結べ草の枕は
| miyama idete iduko mo tabi zo Fototogisu koko ni wo musube kusa no makura wa |
Emerging from the mountains’ depths Where does your journey take you, O, cuckoo? Here will I twine strands Of grass for my pillow… |
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Left (Win)
ほかにまた待つ人あれや時鳥心長閑かに声の聞えぬ
| Foka ni mata matu Fito are ya Fototogisu kokoro nodoka ni kowe no kikoenu |
Is there any other who still Awaits as I, O, cuckoo? Heart at peace with Your song unheard… |
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Right
二声と聞かでややまむ時鳥暁近くなりもしぬらむ
| Futakowe to kikade ya yamamu Fototogisu akatuki tikaku nari mo sinuramu |
Will your twin cries Cease before they’re heard, O, cuckoos? With approaching dawn It seems they die… |
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Left
待たせつる程は久しき時鳥飽かで立ちなむ後の恋しさ
| mataseturu Fodo Fa Fisasiki Fototogisu akade tatinamu noti no koFisisa |
I was kept waiting For so long, O, cuckoo! Never sated am I of my longing For you when you are gone… |
13
Right (Win)
小夜更けて誰か告げつる時鳥待つにたがはぬ声の聞ゆる
| sayo Fukete tare ka tugeturu Fototogisu matu ni tagaFanu kowe no kikoyuru |
The brief night dawns: To whom will you announce it, O, cuckoo? All that I await Is to hear your song. |
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Left
時鳥雲井の声を聞く人は心も空になりぞしにける
| Fototogisu kumowi no kowe wo kiku Fito Fa kokoro mo sora ni nari zo sinikeru |
A cuckoo From the clouds your call Folk hear, and Their hearts with the skies One do become! |
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Right (Win)
小夜更けて起きて待たずば時鳥はつかなる音もいかで聞かまし
| sayo Fukete okite matazuba Fototogisu Fatukanaru ne mo ikade kikamasi |
A brief night dawns, and Had I not awaited to arise A cuckoo’s Momentary cry Somehow I might have heard… |
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Left (Tie)
仄かなる声を聞きては時鳥鳴きつる方をまづぞ求むる
| Fonokanaru kowe wo kikite Fa Fototogisu nakituru kata wo madu zo motomuru |
Your faint Song I do hear O, cuckoo, Along the path you call Am I in truth invited. |
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Right
小夜更けぬ布留の都の 時鳥帰る雲路の声を聞かせよ
| sayo Fukete Furu no miyako no Fototogisu kaFeru kumodi no kowe wo kikaseyo |
The brief night dawns At the ancient capital of Furu; O, cuckoo From your homeward path among the clouds Let me hear your song! |
10
Left
月夜には手倉の山の時鳥声も隠れぬ物にざりける
| tukiyo ni Fa tekura no yama no Fototogisu kowe mo kakurenu mono ni zarikeru |
On a moonlit night On Tekura Mountain that The cuckoo Does conceal his call Is not true at all… |
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Right (Win)
住む里は篠部をの森の時鳥木の下声ぞ標なりける
| sumu sato Fa sinobe no mori no Fototogisu ko no sita kowe zo sirube narikeru |
To my dwelling In Shinobe Forest are The cuckoo Calls beneath the trees A signpost. |
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Left
鳴くになど驚かるらむ時鳥呼ぶ人毎にありと聞きつつ
| naku ni nado odorokaruramu Fototogisu yobu Fito goto ni ari to kikitutu |
Why does your song Startle me so O, cuckoo? All the folk you call Are there, do I ever hear… |
5
Right (Win)
知らねども答へやせまし時鳥元つ人てふ声を哀れと
| siranedomo kotaFe ya semasi Fototogisu moto tu Fito teFu kowe wo aFare to |
I know it not, yet I wonder will you reply, O, cuckoo? A familiar friend’s Voice is moving, indeed. |
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