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宮こにて月をあはれとおもひしはかずにもあらぬすさびなりけり

miyako nite
tsuki o aware to
omoishi wa
kazu ni mo aranu
susabi narikeri
When the capital,
The moon moved me
I thought;
What a trivial
Diversion, that was!

The Monk Saigyō
西行

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