Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 28

Left

なつの夜の露なとどめそ蓮葉のまことの玉と成りしはてずは

natsu no yo no
tsuyu na todome so
hasu no ha no
makoto no tama to
narishihatezu wa
On a summer night,
Tarry not, o, dewdrops, for
On the lotus leaves
True jewels,
I would not you cease to become…

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Right

夏山にこひしき人や入りにけむ声ふりたてて鳴く郭公

natsuyama ni
koishiki hito ya
irinikemu
koe furitatete
naku hototogisu
Into the summer mountains
Has my darling
Gone, I wonder?
Spilling out your song,
O, calling cuckoo!

Ki no Akimine

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[1] Kokinshū III: 158/Shinsen man’yōshū 71/Kokin rokujō VI: 4447

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