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Left

したひもをゆふつけどりのこゑたちてけさのわかれになきぞわびぬる

shitahimo o
yūtsukedori no
koe tachite
kesa no wakare ni
naki zo wabinuru
Underbelt
Tying with the cockerel’s
Crow, arising,
At this morning’s parting
I weep, all forlorn!

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Right

かぎりとはおもはぬものをあかつきのわかれのとこはおきうかりけり

kagiri to wa
omowanu mono o
akatsuki no
wakare no toko wa
oki’ukarikeri
My limits
I have not reached, I think, but
At dawn
Parting from your bed,
Rising is so wretched.

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