Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 39

Left

夏草も夜の間は露にいこふらむ常にこがるる我ぞかなしき

natsukusa mo
yo no ma wa tsuyu ni
ikouramu
tsune ni kogaruru
ware zo kanashiki
Upon the summer grasses
Throughout the night do dewdrops
Seem to rest, and
Ever smouldering,
I feel sad, indeed!

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Right

ながめつつ人まつをりによぶこ鳥いづかたへとか立ちかへりなく

nagametsutsu
hito matsu ori ni
yobukodori
izukata e to ka
tachikaerinaku
Always I gaze out
While waiting for him;
O, songbird!
Whither are you bound?
Trilling back and forth…

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