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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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Teiji-in uta’awase 15

Left (Win)

むさしのにいろやかよへるふぢのはなわかむらさきにそめてみゆらむ

musashino ni
iro ya kayoeru
fuji no hana
wakamurasaki ni
somete miyuramu
On Musashi Plain
Are their colours blending?
The wisteria blossom has
The gromwell with violet
Dyed, it seems…

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Right

あかずしてすぎゆくはるをよぶこどりよびかへしつときてもつげなむ

akazushite
sugiyuku haru o
yobukodori
yobikaeshitsu to
kite mo tsugenamu
Unsated by
The passage of spring,
The songbird
Has called it back—that
Is what I would have him announce!

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Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 39

Left

夏草も夜の間は露にいこふらむ常にこがるる我ぞかなしき

natsukusa mo
yo no ma wa tsuyu ni
ikouramu
tsune ni kogaruru
ware zo kanashiki
Upon the summer grasses
Throughout the night do dewdrops
Seem to rest, and
Ever smouldering,
I feel sad, indeed!

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Right

ながめつつ人まつをりによぶこ鳥いづかたへとか立ちかへりなく

nagametsutsu
hito matsu ori ni
yobukodori
izukata e to ka
tachikaerinaku
Always I gaze out
While waiting for him;
O, songbird!
Whither are you bound?
Trilling back and forth…

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