Tsurayuki uta’awase 12

The Beginning of Winter

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ほどもなく冬は来にけり神無月秋はまだきもみえなかくを

hodo mo naku
fuyu wa kinikeri
kaminazuki
aki wa madaki mo
mienakaku o
Before I knew it
Winter has arrived!
In the Godless Month
Autumn has only just
Vanished from view…

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Right

神無月たてるをみれば白露のむすぼほれたる霜おきにけり

kaminazuki
tateru o mireba
shiratsuyu no
musubōretaru
shimo okinikeri
When, the Godless Month’s
Arrival I see,
Silver dewdrops
Have drenched
The fallen frost.

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