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Yōzei’in miko futari uta’awase 02

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ひとしれずねざめのこひはよぶこどりよぶかきこゑはきくひともなし

hito shirezu
nezame no koi wa
yobukodori
yobukaki koe wa
kiku hito mo nashi
Unknown to all
I awake and yearn:
A songbird
Late at night sings
With no one listening at all.

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Right

おもひやるこころしゆかばさよふけておきゐてこふとつぐべきものを

omoiyaru
kokoro shi yukaba
sayo fukete
oki’ite kou to
tsugubeki mono o
If, steadfast,
My heart but was, then
As brief night wore on
I’d arise and my love
Be able to announce, but…

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