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Yōzei’in miko futari uta’awase 18

Left

したひもをゆふつけどりのこゑたちてけさのわかれになきぞわびぬる

shitahimo o
yūtsukedori no
koe tachite
kesa no wakare ni
naki zo wabinuru
Underbelt
Tying with the cockerel’s
Crow, arising,
At this morning’s parting
I weep, all forlorn!

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Right

かぎりとはおもはぬものをあかつきのわかれのとこはおきうかりけり

kagiri to wa
omowanu mono o
akatsuki no
wakare no toko wa
oki’ukarikeri
My limits
I have not reached, I think, but
At dawn
Parting from your bed,
Rising is so wretched.

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Summer 18

Left (Tie).

玉桙の道行人のことづてもたえてほどふる五月雨の空

tamaboko no
michiyukibito no
kotozute mo
taete hodo furu
samidare no sora
Jewelled spear-straight
The road he travels on;
Messages
Stopped long ago; rains
Falling from the summer sky.

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Right

なきぬなりゆふつけ鳥のしだり尾のおのれにも似ぬよはのみじかき

nakinunari
yūtsukedori no
shidario no
onore ni mo ninu
yowa no mijikaki
Does he crow already?
The cockerel’s
Trailing tail
Is most unlike
This night’s brevity.

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