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Kinkai wakashū 458

なにはがた浦よりをちに鳴くたづのよそに聞きつつこひやわたらん

naniwagata
ura yori ochi ni
naku tazu no
yoso ni kikitsutsu
koi ya wataran

In Naniwa’s tidelands
Distant from the shore
Cry cranes—
Hearing ever from afar
Will my love for her go on and on?

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