Left
あふことをいつともしらぬなつむしのおもひはかぎりなくやあるらん
| au koto o itsu tomo shiranu natsumushi no omoi wa kagiri naku ya aruran | We will meet I know not when, so As a firefly, Bounded by burning passion Should weep away? |
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Right
またまたもみをぞすてつるなつむしのなほあきたらぬこひをたのみて
| mata mata mo mi o zo sutetsuru natsumushi no nao akitaranu koi o tanomite | Time and time again Having abandoned all restraint, A firefly Never sated By love’s flames—that’s what I long for! |
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