Cranes in a garden (庭上鶴馴)

Left

庭の面に人になれたるあしたづはよはひをきみにゆづるなるべし

niwa no omo ni hito ni naretaru ashitazu wa yowai o kimi ni yuzurunarubeshi

Upon this garden’s face stands, Accustomed to folk, A crane; His years to my Lord Will he bestow, no doubt!

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Right

千とせふるやどのけしきやしるからん汀のたづのなれにけるかな

chitose furu yado no keshiki ya shirukaran migiwa no tazu no narenikeru kana

Is it that a thousand years old This dwelling does appear? For to the muddy Water’s edge the cranes Have become accustomed!

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