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Yōzei’in ichi no miko himegimi uta’awase 04

Original

あきやまはからくれなゐになりにけりいくしほしぐれふりてそめけむ

akiyama wa
karakurenai ni
narinikeri
iku shio shigure
furite somekemu
The autumn mountains
To Cathay scarlet
Have turned;
How many dippings with drizzle
Have fallen to dye them so?

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Left

しぐれつつくれなゐふかくやまのはもあきはてゆけばかひなかりけり

shiguretsutsu
kurenai fukaku
yama no ha mo
aki hateyukeba
kainakarikeri
With every shower
The scarlet deepens
Of the leaves upon the mountain—
With autumn reaching its ending
How pointless that is…

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Right

いくしほもしぐれはふらじさほひめのふかくそめたるいろとこそみれ

iku shio mo
shigure wa furaji
saohime no
fukaku sometaru
iro to koso mire
No matter how many dippings
With drizzle fall,
Princess Sao’s
Deeply dyed
Hues we see!

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Sahyōe no suke sadafumi uta’awase 8

The End of Autumn

Left

あきやまはからくれなゐになりにけりいくしほしぐれふりてそめけむ

akiyama wa
karakurenai ni
narinikeri
iku shioshigure
furitesomekemu
The autumn mountains
To Cathay scarlet
Have turned;
How many dippings with drizzle
Have fallen to dye them so?

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Right (Win)

さほやまのははそのもみぢうすけれどあきはふかくもなりにけるかな

saoyama no
hahaso no momiji
usukeredo
aki wa fukaku mo
narinikeru kana
On Sao Mountain
The oak trees autumn leaves
Are pale in hue, yet
Most deep has autumn
Become!

Korenori
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