つらしともいざやいかがはいはし水あふせまだきにたゆる心は

tsurashi to mo iza ya ikaga wa iwashimizu ause madaki ni tayuru kokoro wa

How cruel! Why as Spring waters rushing from the rocks did Our meeting swiftly Did you wish to end?

Kazusa, in service to the Empress
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世世ふともたえじとぞ思ふ神がきの岩ねをくぐる水の心は

yo yo futomo taeji to zo omou kamigaki no iwane o kuguru mizu no kokoro wa

Age upon age may pass, yet Never shall we end, I feel, as from The sacred precinct’s Rocky roots flow Waters—that is my heart!

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