をとこやまみねふみわけてなくしかはへじとやおもふしひてあきには

otokoyama mine fumiwakete naku shika wa heji to ya omou shiite aki ni wa

Upon Otoko Mountain’s Peak treads A belling stag: I wonder, does he not wish To have to endure the autumn?

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をぐらやまみねのもみぢばなにをいとにへてかおりけむしるやしらずや

ogurayama mine no momijiba nani o ito ni hete ka orikemu shiru ya shirazu ya

On Ogura Mountain’s Peak, the scarlet leaves Somehow, as warp threads Crossing, woven seem— Who knows that? No one, I expect!

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