Yōzei’in miko futari uta’awase 17

Left

あけぬとていまはとおくるとこなかにまたあふべくもおもほえぬかな

akenu tote
ima wa to okuru
toko naka ni
mata aubeku mo
omohoenu kana
‘Tis dawn,
Now, I think, arising—
Within your bed
We should meet again,
Don’t you think!

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Right

しののめにあけゆくみちもまどはなんあかでわかるるひとのためには

shinonome ni
akeyuku michi mo
madowanan
akade wakaruru
hito no tame ni wa
At the edge of dawn,
Brightening, upon the path
I will wander, lost,
Unsatisfied for I am parted
From her…

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