Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 32

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This poem is missing from extant copies of the text of the contest.

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夏虫にあらぬ我が身のつれもなき人をおもひにもゆる比かな

natsumushi ni
aranu wa ga mi no
tsure mo naki
hito o omoi ni
moyuru koro kana
A summer insect
I am not, but
That heartless
Girl, with passion
Has these days set me burning!

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[1] Shinchokusenshū XII: 708

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