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Yōzei-in uta’awase (Engi jūsan-nen kugatsu kokonoka) 01

Regretting the passage of autumn

Left (Win)

としごとにとまらぬ秋としりながらをしむ心のこりずもあるかな

toshigoto ni
tomaranu aki to
shirinagara
oshimu kokoro no
korizu mo aru kana
Every single year
Autumn will not linger
I know, yet
That my heart regrets this
Is something I do not dislike!

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をしといひてうみへもさそへとびわたるいづれかあきのわたりなるらん

oshi to iite
umie mo sasoe
tobiwataru
izure ka aki no
watarinaruran
Filled am I with regret, for
The seashore beckons, and
‘Twill fly across—
When will autumn
Pass by, I wonder?

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