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Love 73

Left (Tie).

さぞなげく戀をするがの字津の山うつゝの夢のまたしみえねば

sazo nageku
koi o suruga no
utsu no yama
utsutsu no yume no
mata shi mieneba
Grieving as he
In love by Suruga’s
Utsu Mountain,
When reality is but a dream
I never will see more.

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Right (Tie).

はまゆふやかさなる山の幾重ともいさしら雲のそこの面影

hamayū ya
kasanaru yama no
ikue tomo
isa shirakumo no
soko no omokage
How many lily leaves of
Overlapping mountain
Folds I have crossed
I know not, yet on the distant clouds’
Surface do I still see her face.

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Summer 20

Left (Win).

蘆の屋のかりねの床のふしのまにみじかく明る夏の夜な夜な

ashi no ya no
karine no toko no
fushi no ma ni
mijikaku akuru
natsu no yonayona
Out cutting reeds,
Upon a fleeting bed
I lie; between one reed-knot and another,
So brief comes the dawn
Each passing night in summer.

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Right

うちなびくしげみが下のさゆり葉のしられぬほどにかよふ秋風

uchinabiku
shigemi ga shita no
sayuriba no
shirarenu hodo ni
kayou akikaze
Aflutter
Beneath the growth
Lilies,
Unknown
to all,
Are passed by an autumn breeze.

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