Kei’un Hyakushu 83

Parting from love.

別れ路をことばのこらずしたへとやかねては鳥のおどろかすらん

wakareji o
kotoba nokorazu
shitae to ya
kanete wa tori no
odorokasuran
Along the parting path,
Leaving not a word unsaid,
We could go together: is that why
So early the cockerel
Has awakened us?

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