数ならで世に住江のみをつくしいつを待つともなき身なりけり

kazu narade yo ni sumie no mi o tsukushi itsu o matsu tomo nakimi narikeri

Countless are The generations spent at Sumie, with The channel buoys: exhausted What should I await but To be dead.

Master of the Left Capital Office Toshiyori
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ながれてもあふせは絶えじ住江の身をつくしてもくちはててなん

nagaretemo ause wa taeji sumie no mi o tsukushitemo kuchihatetenan

Flowing on, yet The rapids’ meetings will not cease; At Sumie with The channel buoys, you may be exhausted, but Would you rot away…

Kazusa, in service to the Empress
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