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Sahyōe no suke sadafumi uta’awase 15

Left

おとはやまおとにききつつあふさかのせきのこなたにひとをまつかな

otowayama
oto ni kikitsutsu
ausaka no
seki no konata ni
hito o matsu kana
As wing-beats in the mountains
Do I hear tell:
That on Meeting Hill
Barrier’s inner side
Someone does await me!

Motokata
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Right

そのはらやふせやにおふるははきぎのありとてゆけどあはぬきみかな

sonohara ya
fuseya ni ouru
hahakigi no
ari tote yukedo
awanu kimi kana
At Sonohara
By the rest-stop grows
A sacred tree, they say;
I catch a glimpse, yet
Cannot meet with you!

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Sanekata Shū 178

When I was sleeping with the same Captain, he said, ‘This is most lonely and tedious! Let’s see if there are any ladies around!’ and sent off a servant who, on returning, said, ‘There is only the voice of a lady saying “Oh, how my belly hurts!”’

園原やいかにやましく思ふぞも伏屋といはむこゝろやはなき

sonohara ya
ika ni yamasiku
omoFu zo mo
Fuseya to iFamu
kokoro ya Fa naki
In Sonohara (your belly):
How painful
Do you feel it is?
Of Fuseya (sleeping with me),
Don’t you think at all?