Maidenflowers

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あきかぜはふかずもあらなむをみなへししるもしらぬもおもふこころは

akikaze wa fukazu mo aranamu ominaeshi shiru mo shiranu mo omou kokoro wa

Even should the autumn breeze Fail to blow, O, maidenflower, still Those who know you and know you not, Would hold you in their hearts…

Taira no Yasū
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Right (Win)

をみなへしおひたるのべにふきかかるあきののかぜにみをやそへまし

ominaeshi oitaru nobe ni fukikakaru aki no nokaze ni mi o ya soemashi

Maidenflowers Growing in the meadows Brushed by the blowing Autumn wind o’er the fields— O, how I wish it trailed over me, too…

Tomo no Tadanori
(or in some texts Toshizane)
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