Scarlet leaves dyed with dew (露染紅葉)

Left

白露のそむる紅葉のいかなればから紅にふかくみゆらん

shiratsuyu no somuru momiji no ikanareba karakurenai ni fukaku miyuran

When silver dewdrops Stain the autumn leaves What happens, but Their scarlet hues Seem all the deeper.

A Court Lady
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Right

いかにおくしら露なれば紅葉ばのくれなゐふかく色をそむらん

ika ni oku shiratsuyu nareba momijiba no kurenai fukaku iro o somuran

How can they fall— These silver dewdrops—so The autumn leaves with Ever deeper scarlet Hues are dyed?

A Court Lady
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