我がやどのませのはたてにはふうりのなりもならずもふたりねまほし
wa ga yado no
mase no hatate ni
hau uri no
nari mo narazu mo
futari nemahoshi | At my house
Along the edge of the bamboo fence
Trail melons,
Will it be or will it not—
I would the two of us sleep together! |
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Chrysanthemums
ませのうちによるおくつゆやいかならんぬれつつ菊のうつろひにける
mase no uchi ni
yoru oku tsuyu ya
ika naran
nuretsutsu kiku no
utsuroinikeru | Within my lattice fence,
Of the night-time dewfall
What is to be made?
Ever dampened, the chrysanthemums
Are fading away… |
'Simply moving and elegant'
