笛の音のおされし壁の跡みれば過ぎにし事は夢とおぼゆる
| fue no ne no osareshi kabe no ato mireba suginishi koto wa yume to oboyuru | A flute’s note Once faded where these walls’ Remnants stand—seeing them Times long gone I remember as a dream. |
Assistant Handmaid Sanuki
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Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 72
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霜のうへに跡ふみつくる浜千鳥行へもなしと鳴きのみぞふる
| shimo no ue ni ato fumitsukuru hamachidori yukue mo nashi to naki nomi zo suru | Upon the frost Treading out tracks are Plovers on the beach; With no place to go, They simply sing! |
Okikaze
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なみだ川みなぐばかりの淵はあれど氷とけねばかげもやどらぬ
| namidagawa mi nagu bakari no fuchi wa aredo kōri tokeneba kage mo yadoranu | My river of tears, Is fit to drown me in It’s depths, yet Should the ice not melt, No sign will linger on… |
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Fubokushō V: 1682
Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 18
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梅がかを袖にうつしてとどめては春はすぐともかたみならまし
| mume ga ka o sode ni utushite todometeba haru wa sugutomo katami naramashi | If only the plums’ scent Would shift to my sleeves and Stay there, then Even when spring is past and gone A keepsake would it be… |
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行く春の跡だにありと見ましかば野べのまにまにとめましものを
| yuku haru no ato dani ari to mimashikaba nobe no manimani tomemashi mono o | Departing spring’s Very tracks I would I saw, so Simply in the meadows Would I remain! |
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[1] Kokinshū I: 46/Shinsen man’yōshū 21
Kanpyō no ōntoki chūgū uta’awase 12
Round Twelve
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冬の夜の月はとほくやわたりけんかげみしみづのまづしこほれば
| fuyu no yo no tsuki wa tōku ya watariken kage mishi mizu no mazu shi kōreba | On a winter’s night Does the moon distantly Pass by? For The waters where I saw its face Are the first to freeze… |
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ながれくるみづこほりぬる冬さへやなほうき草のあとはさだめぬ
| nagarekuru mizu kōrinuru fuyu sae ya nao ukikusa no ato wa sadamenu | Flowing down The waters have frozen With the winter, so will The drifting waterweed still Leave little trace? |
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