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梅がかを袖にうつしてとどめては春はすぐともかたみならまし
| mume ga ka o sode ni utushite todometeba haru wa sugutomo katami naramashi | If only the plums’ scent Would shift to my sleeves and Stay there, then Even when spring is past and gone A keepsake would it be… |
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行く春の跡だにありと見ましかば野べのまにまにとめましものを
| yuku haru no ato dani ari to mimashikaba nobe no manimani tomemashi mono o | Departing spring’s Very tracks I would I saw, so Simply in the meadows Would I remain! |
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[1] Kokinshū I: 46/Shinsen man’yōshū 21