akatsuki no shigi no hane ga shigekeredo nado au koto no madōnaruran
At the dawn The snipes’ wingbeats Incessant are, so Why must our meetings Be intermittent?[1]
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[1] An allusive variation on: Topic unknown. 曉のしぎのはねがきももはがき君がこぬ夜は我ぞかずかく akatsuki no / shigi no hanegaki / momohagaki / kimi ga konu yo wa / ware zo kazu kaku ‘With the dawn / The snipe beat their wings / A hundred times or more / On nights without a visit from you / I count them all.’ Anonymous (KKS XV: 761)
