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Summer Grasses (夏草)

夏山のすそのの草やふかからん分けくる人のそでの露けさ

natsuyama no
susono no kusa ya
fukakaran
wakekuru hito no
sode no tsuyukesa
In the summer mountains,
Is it that the grasses on the skirting slopes
Seem so thick?
Parting them upon his way, a man’s
Sleeves are drenched with dew.

Tadafusa

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