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時鳥今宵はとまれ片岡の朝の原に帰りやせぬ
| Fototogisu koyoFi Fa tomare katawoka no asita no Fara ni kaFeri ya senu |
O, cuckoo Stay here this night, and Down the hillside With the morning to the plain Will you not return? |
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我が宿に声な惜しみそ時鳥通ふ千里のゆきはてぞ此は
| wa ga yado ni kowe na osimi so Fototogisu kayoFu tisato no yukiFate zo ko Fa |
At my home I regret not your song, O, cuckoo, For your thousand league Journey’s end lies here. |
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婦負の野のすすき押しなべ降る雪に宿借る今日し悲しく思ほゆ
| mepi no no no susuki wosinabe puru yuki ni yado karu kepu si kanasiku omopoyu |
On the plain of Mehi The silver grass is weighed down by Falling snow, where I take lodging, and today especially Sadness lies heavy on me. |
Takechi no Kurohito
高市黒人
夕立の雨うち降れば春日野の尾花が上の白露は思ほゆ
| yuFudati no ame utiFureba kasugano no wobana ga uFe no siratuyu Fa omoFoyu |
When evening showers’ Rain does fall, On the plain at Kasuga Upon the miscanthus grass Silver dewfall comes to mind. |
春日野の青根が峰の苔筵誰かおりけむ縦緯なしに
| kasuga no no aone ga mine no kokemushiro tare ka orikemu tatenuki nashi ni |
On the plain at Kasuga Atop Aone Peak Lie blankets of moss Who is it that wove them With no warp or weft? |