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なつの夜の露なとどめそ蓮葉のまことの玉と成りしはてずは
| natsu no yo no tsuyu na todome so hasu no ha no makoto no tama to narishihatezu wa | On a summer night, Tarry not, o, dewdrops, for On the lotus leaves True jewels, I would not you cease to become… |
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夏山にこひしき人や入りにけむ声ふりたてて鳴く郭公
| natsuyama ni koishiki hito ya irinikemu koe furitatete naku hototogisu | Into the summer mountains Has my darling Gone, I wonder? Spilling out your song, O, calling cuckoo! |
Ki no Akimine
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[1] Kokinshū III: 158/Shinsen man’yōshū 71/Kokin rokujō VI: 4447
A lady, to whom I had sent a cicada shell, wrapped in a lotus leaf:
いづれをかのどけきかたにたのまゝし蓮の露と空蟬の世と
| idure wo ka nodokeki kata ni tanomamasi Fatisu no tuyu to utusemi no yo to |
On which As something that endures Should I rely: Dewdrops upon a lotus, or The cicada shell that is this world? |
