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Yōzei’in miko futari uta’awase 15

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きみをわれおきてしゆけばあさつゆのきえかへりてもあはむとぞおもふ

kimi o ware
okiteshi yukeba
asatsuyu no
kiekaerite mo
awamu to zo omou
With you, my love, I
Having risen and departed
With the morning dew,
Vanishing away, only
To meet once more, I feel.

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Right

あさぼらけあかぬわかれをわびつつもゆふぐれをこそなぐさめにすれ

asaborake
akanu wakare o
wabitsutsu mo
yūgure o koso
nagusame ni sure
At the pale edge of dawn,
Unsatisfied, parting
Leaves me ever desolate—
The evening is sure to be
My consolation!

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