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あひみたることもなくてはなつむしのいかでかおもひみにははなれむ
| aimitaru koto mo nakute wa natsumushi no ikade ka omoi mi ni wa hanaremu | Meeting together— That we have never done, so As a firefly Why is it that passion’s flames Should drive me from myself? |
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Right
みのならむことをばしらでなつむしのいかなるこひにおもひいるらむ
| mi no naramu koto oba shirade natsumushi no ikanaru koi ni omoi’iruramu | What is to become of me I know not— As a firefly What sort of love is it that I should seem to brood so? |
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