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月のいろに心をきよくそめましや宮こをいでぬわが身なりせば
tsuki no iro ni
kokoro o kiyoku
somemashi ya
miyako o idenu
wa ga mi nariseba |
Could the moon, with a shade
So pure, upon my heart
Leave its stain?
Within the capital
Had I remained… |
The Monk Saigyō
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よもすがら月こそそでにやどりけれむかしの秋をおもひいづれば
yo mo sugara
tsuki koso sode ni
yadorikere
mukashi no aki o
omoiizureba |
All night long,
The moon, indeed, upon my sleeves
Has found lodging;
Autumns from long ago
In my mind. |
The Monk Saigyō
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月を見て心うかれしいにしへの秋にもさらにめぐりあひぬる
tsuki o mite
kokoro ukareshi
inishie no
aki ni mo sara ni
meguri ainuru |
I glimpse the moon, and
Suddenly, within my heart
Long ago
Autumn once again
Comes upon me. |
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世中をおもへばなべてちる花のわが身をさてもいづちかもせん
yo no naka o
omoeba nabete
chiru hana no
wa ga mi o sate mo
izuchi ka mo sen |
When, on this world of ours
I think, all is as
Scattered blossom;
Of me, in the end
What is to become, I wonder? |
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あはれとてとふ人のなどなかるらんものおもふやどのおぎのうは風
aware tote
tou hito no nado
nakaruran
mono’omou yado no
ogi no uwa kaze |
O, how sad!
Why of visitors
Should there be not one?
In melancholy, where I dwell
The wind comes upon the bush-clover leaves. |
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今ぞしるおもひいでよと契しはわすれんとてのなさけなりけり
ima zo shiru
omoiideyo to
chigirishi wa
wasuren tote no
nasake narikeri |
Now I understand!
When to remember me
She vowed,
She said she would forget me,
But kindly! |
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うとくなる人をなにとてうらむらんしられずしらぬおりもありしに
utokunaru
hito o nani tote
uramuran
shirarezu shiranu
ori mo arishi ni |
Having drifted apart,
Why should folk
Despise each other? For
Not known and unknowing
Times there were once before… |
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ものおもひてながむるころの月のいろにいかばかりなる哀そむらん
mono’omoite
nagamuru koro no
tsuki no iro ni
ika bakari naru
aware somuran |
Sunk in melancholy, and
Gazing
Upon the moon: its hue:
Why is it so deeply
Stained with sadness, I wonder. |
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くまもなきおりしも人を思いでゝ心と月をやつしつるかな
kuma mo naki
ori shi mo hito o
omoiidete
kokoro to tsuki o
yatsushitsuru kana |
There’s not a trace of cloud
Now-and she
Is in my thoughts;
The moon and my heart
Seem to waver. |
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月のみやうわのそらなるかたみにておもひもいでば心かよはん
tsuki nomi ya
uwa no sora naru
katami nite
omoi mo ideba
kokoro kayowan |
The moon, alone,
Taunts me from the heavens
With memories of you;
Should you feel the same, then
Our hearts would be as one. |
The Monk Saigyō
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