むこのうらの入江のすとりあさなあさなつねにみまくのほしき君かも
muko no ura no
irie no sutori
asana asana
tsune ni mimaku no
hoshiki kimi kamo | At the bay of Muko
Seabirds on the inlet’s sandbars
Every single morning
Always do I long to see—
That’s my desire of you! |
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秋の野におく白露のあさなあさなはかなくてのみきえやかへらん
aki no no ni
oku shiratsuyu no
asana asana
hakanakute nomi
kie ya kaeran | Upon the autumn plains
Does the fall of silver dewdrops,
Each and every morn,
So fleetingly
Fade away? |
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A hut among the rice-fields in autumn
山田もるいほにしをればあさなあさなたえずききつる棹鹿の声
yamada moru
io ni shi oreba
asana asana
taezu kiktsuru
saoshika no koe | When warding mountain paddies,
In a hut am I,
Each and every morning
Ceaselessly I heard
The belling of the stags. |
あさなあさな露にをれふす秋はぎの花ふみしだき鹿ぞなくなる
asana asana
tsuyu ni orefusu
akihagi no
hana fumishidaki
shika zo nakunaru | Each and every single morn
The dewfall burdens to breaking
The autumn bush clover
Blooms, crushed under foot by
The belling stags. |
'Simply moving and elegant'
