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かくをしむあきにしあはばをみなへしうつろふことはわすれやはせぬ

kaku oshimu aki ni shi awaba ominaeshi utsurou koto wa wasure ya wa senu

If feeling such regret I should encounter autumn, then O, maidenflower, To fade You should not forget, should you?

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ながきよにたれたのめけむをみなへしひとまつむしのえだごとになく

nagaki yo ni tare tanomekemu ominaeshi hito matsumushi no edagoto ni naku

On a long, long night Who is it has made you believe, O, maidenflower? Pining for him while crickets Cry from your every branch…

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[1] Shinsen man’yōshū 536; Fubokushō 4231