きてなれし袂は人に見せてましつらき涙の色のかはらば

kitenareshi tamoto wa hito ni misetemashi tsuraki namida no iro no kawaraba

I was wont to wear These sleeves—to him I would display them: If heartless tears Should change their hues…

Yurika, from the Hall of the Junior Consort
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忍草しのぶる程のよがれにはなにに心も袖もぬるらん

shinobugusa shinoburu hodo no yogare ni wa nani ni kokoro mo sode mo nururan

A fond fern I do recall as My nightly visits cease, so Why is my heart and Sleeves, too, so drenched?

The Assistant Lieutenant of the Middle Palace Guards, Left Division
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