Yōzei-in uta’awase (Engi jūsan-nen kugatsu kokonoka) 14

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とどむれどいまはかぎりとゆく秋のわりなくをしくおもほゆるかな

todomuredo
ima wa kagiri to
yuku aki no
warinaku oshiku
omohoyuru kana
It has lingered, yet
Now is the end, and with
Autumn’s leaving
Beyond all reason, regret
Do I feel!

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Right

あふさかのせきのもみぢし心あらばくれてゆくとも秋をとめなん

ausaka no
seki no momijishi
kokoro araba
kureteyuku to mo
aki o tomenan
If at Meeting Hill’s
Barrier autumn hues did
Fill my heart, then
As it passes into dusk
I would hold the season here.

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