天の河こぞの渡のうつろへばあさせふむまに夜ぞふけにける
ama no kaFa
kozo no watari no
uturoFeba
asase Fumu ma ni
yo zo Fukenikeru | The River of Heaven’s
Ferry pier since last year
Has changed, so
While I tread the bank, the shallows searching,
The night has worn on! |
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あまの河とほき渡にあらねども君がふなでは年にこそまて
ama no kaFa
toFoki watari ni
aranedomo
kimi ga Funade Fa
tosi ni koso mate | The River of Heaven
A distant ferry pier
Has not, yet
For my Lord to board his boat
I must wait the year away… |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
'Simply moving and elegant'