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Yōzei’in miko futari uta’awase 04

Left

ねざめつつみをうぐひすのねをぞなくはなさかりにしきみをこふれば

nezametsutsu
mi o uguisu no
ne o zo naku
hana sakarinishi
kimi o koureba
Every time I wake,
My flesh, as a warbler,
Lets out sobbing cries,
For, fair as a blossom in bloom,
It is you I long for, my lady…

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Right

ことにいでてなにかいふべきねざめつつこふるしたひもそらにとくらむ

koto ni idete
nani ka iubeku
nezametsutsu
kouru shitahimo
sora ni tokuramu
To put it into words,
What is there I can say?
Every time I wake,
Your underbelt, which I want so,
Seems to be loosening in the skies alone.

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GSIS XII: 695

At a time when she was secretly feeling very gloomy, when she was asked why she was so downcast by someone she was close to, who perhaps guessed it was due to love—she thought this in her heart.

もろともにいつかとくべきあふことのかたむすびなるよはのしたひも

morotomo ni
ituka tokubeki
aFu koto no
katamusubi naru
yoFa no sitaFimo
Together
When might we undo the mystery
Of our meeting, and
My half-knotted
Underbelt at midnight?

Sagami

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

Dairi uta’awase Kanna Gan-nen 3

Fields
 
Left

いつしかもゆきてはやみむあきのののはなのしたひもとけはてぬらん

itsu shika mo
yukite wa yamimu
aki no no no
hana no shitahimo
tokehatenuran
Swiftly
Shall I halt my travels
In an autumn meadow;
A blossom’s underbelt
Seems completely undone.

Korenari
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Right (Win)

かりにとやいもはまつらんあきのののはなみるほどはいへぢわすれぬ

kari ni to ya
imo wa matsuran
aki no no no
hana miru hodo wa
ieji wasurenu
Is it but briefly that
My sweetheart should wait?
In an autumn meadow
While gazing at the flowers
The way home I have quite forgot!

Nagayoshi
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