Kinkai wakashū 272

我ながらおぼえずおくか袖の露月に物おもふよごろへぬれば

ware nagara
oboezu oku ka
sode no tsuyu
tsuki ni mono’omou
yogoro henureba

Have I
All unknowing let fall
Dewdrops on my sleeves, while
Sunk in gloomy thought beneath the moon,
As the nights go by…

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