Hon’in sadaijin-ke uta’awase 08

Scarlet leaves

Left

つねよりもはやきもみぢはしらつゆのわきて心をおけるとやみん

tsune yori mo
hayaki momiji wa
shiratsuyu no
wakite kokoro o
okeru to ya min
Earlier than
Usual upon the scarlet leaves
Have silver dewdrops
Burst—is it my heart that
With them seems to fall?

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Right

もみぢばのながれてせけばやまがははあさきよりなほみづやひぬらん

momijiba no
nagarete sekeba
yamagawa wa
asaki yori nao
mizu ya hinuran
Scarlet leaves
Flow down and block
A mountain stream, so
Shallower than ever do
Its waters seem to fall?

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