はるのほどはわがすむいほのともに成りてふるすないでそ谷の鶯
haru no hodo wa
wa ga sumu io no
tomo ni narite
furusu na ide so
tani no uguisu | While spring endures
At the hut where I do dwell
My companion be, and
Depart not from your former nest,
O, warbler in my valley! |
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鶯はたにのふるすを出でぬともわがゆくへをばわすれざらなん
uguisu wa
tani no furusu o
idenu tomo
wa ga yukue oba
wasurezaranan | The warbler from
His former nest within my valley
Has departed, yet
My fate
I would not have him forget! |
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When a warbler did not sing in the valley where I was living.
ふるすうとくたにの鶯なりはてば我やかはりてなかんとすらん
furusu utoku
tani no uguisu
narihateba
ware ya kawarite
nakan to suran | Heedless of his former nest,
Has the warbler in my valley
Finally become, so
I, in place of him,
Shall weep away… |
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'Simply moving and elegant'
