Yōzei’in miko futari uta’awase 20

Left

こひわぶるひとにあふよのしののめにはわかるといかでみぬよしもがな

koi waburu
hito ni au yo no
shinonome ni wa
wakaru to ikade
minu yoshi mogana
Suffering with love’s fire,
After a night with her
At the edge of dawn
Parting—somehow
‘Twould have been better to have seen her not!

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Right

なげきつつおもひにあかぬあかつきはこころもゆかぬわかれをぞする

nagekitsutsu
omoi ni akanu
akatsuki wa
kokoro mo yukanu
wakare o zo suru
Ever grieving, and
With my passion’s fire unslaked,
At dawn,
My heart unsatisfied
With our parting!

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