Yōzei-in uta’awase (Engi jūsan-nen kugatsu kokonoka) 09

Left

いづこにか秋はいくらん跡をだにとめてゆきせばたづねみてまし

izuko ni ka
aki wa ikuran
ato o dani
tomete yukiseba
tazune mitemashi
Where might it be that
Autumn goes?
Even a trace
Left behind would make me want to go, and
Make an enquiry, I feel.

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Right (Win)

おほかたの秋はをしめどかひもなしなのながづきをとどめてしがな

ōkata no
aki wa oshimedo
kai mo nashi
na no nagatsuki o
todomete shigana
In general,
I regret autumn’s passing, yet
How pointless that is:
In name alone does the Longest Month
Remain!

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