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Summer 18

Left (Tie).

玉桙の道行人のことづてもたえてほどふる五月雨の空

tamaboko no
michiyukibito no
kotozute mo
taete hodo furu
samidare no sora
Jewelled spear-straight
The road he travels on;
Messages
Stopped long ago; rains
Falling from the summer sky.

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Right

なきぬなりゆふつけ鳥のしだり尾のおのれにも似ぬよはのみじかき

nakinunari
yūtsukedori no
shidario no
onore ni mo ninu
yowa no mijikaki
Does he crow already?
The cockerel’s
Trailing tail
Is most unlike
This night’s brevity.

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