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みをすてておもひにいれるなつむしのいまいくばくもあらじとぞおもふ
| mi o sutete omoi ni ireru natsumushi no ima ikubaku mo araji to zo omou | Abandoning all restraint I plunge into burning passion— Fireflies Now numberless As my thoughts. |
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としをへてこひにみなぐるなつむしのあふにはかへていかがなりにし
| toshi o hete koi ni minaguru natsumushi no au ni wa kaete ikaga narinishi | As the years go by, I am laid out by love— A firefly On meeting changes and What has it become? |
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こひこひてただにややまむなつむしのおもひのほかにみをやすててむ
| koikoite tada ni ya yamamu natsumushi no omoi no hoka ni mi o ya sutetemu | So much in love— Will it ever all be over? As a firefly In sudden fires of passion Should I abandon all restraint? |
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たれによりひとつおもひにみをすててことしもなつのむしとなりしぞ
| tare ni yori hitotsu omoi ni mi o sutete kotoshi mo natsu no mushi to narishi zo | For whose sake is it I burn with singular passion? Abandoning all restraint This year, too, a fire Fly have I become! |
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おのおのがみをばおもへどなつむしのかかるおもひはえこそはなれね
| ono ono ga mi oba omoedo natsumushi no kakaru omoi wa e koso hanarene | Each and every one Of their flesh remains aware, yet A firefly’s Passion burns such that He never can escape it. |
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こひによりみのうせしをばくゆれどもなほなつむしになをやたちなむ
| koi ni yori mi no useshi oba kuyuredomo nao natsumushi ni na o ya tachinamu | For love Has my body failed, Burning within, yet Still, as a firefly Might I be known? |
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おもひをばいかにしればかなつむしのもゆるなかにもいりまどふらん
| omoi oba ika ni shireba ka natsumushi no moyuru naka ni mo irimadouran | How, my fiery passion Will you recognise? With the fireflies’ Flames Does it seem to blend! |
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こひすとてみはいたづらにならばなれわれなつむしになりやしなまし
| koisu tote mi wa itazura ni naraba nare ware natsumushi ni nari ya shinamashi | ‘I’ll fall in love!’ I say, and If that’s pointless, then So be it! I’d rather a firefly Become and meet my death! |
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His Majesty, Former Emperor Yōzei, held a match on the topic of ‘Love and Summer Insects’.
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いたづらにみはなるてへどなつむしのおもひはえこそはなれざりけれ
| itazura ni mi hanarute hedo natsumushi no omoi wa e koso hanarezarikere | Pointlessly Did I spend my days apart from you, yet As the fireflies, The burning of my passionate thoughts I could not leave behind! |
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みをすててひとつおもひにこがれたるこころぞなつのむしにまされる
| mi o sutete hitotsu omoi ni kogaretaru kokoro zo natsu no mushi ni masareru | Abandoning all restraint, But one fiery passion Chars My heart—the fire Flies does it exceed! |
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たまくしげ二上山のほととぎす今ぞあけくれなきわたるなる
| tamakushige futakamiyama no hototogisu ima zo akekure nakiwataru naru | On the jewelled comb of Futakami Mountain The cuckoos Now, indeed, both night and day Do fill with their constant song. |
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時鳥のちのさ月もありとてやながくうづきをすぐしはてつる
| hototogisu nochi no satsuki mo ari tote ya nagaku uzuki o sugushihatetsuru | O, cuckoo! A further Fifth Month There is, so Leisurely, the Fourth Month Have you completely spent? |
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さくはなのちりつつうかぶみづのおもにいかでうき草ねざしそめけむ
| saku hana no chiritsutsu ukabu mizu no omo ni ikade ukikusa nezashi somekemu | Blossom blooming and Ever scattering, and floating Upon the surface of the water, So why might the waterweed Begin to put down roots? |
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まつひとはつねならなくにほととぎすおもひのほかになかばうからむ
| matsu hito wa tsune naranaku ni hototogisu omoi no hoka ni nakaba ukaramu | The one awaiting you is Ever changing, O, cuckoo, but If, my longing you should not meet With your song, how I will hate you! |
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夏夜のまだもねなくにあけぬれば昨日今日ともおもひまどひぬ
| natsu no yo no mada mo nenaku ni akenureba kinō kyō tomo omoimadoinu | On a summer night, Still sleep has eluded me, When dawn breaks— Is it yet yesterday, or today, I wonder in confusion. |
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うのはなのさけるかきねは白雲のおりゐるとこそあやまたれけれ
| u no hana no sakeru kakine wa shirakumo no ori’iru to koso ayamatarekere | Deutzia flowers Are blooming by the brushwood fence— Clouds of white Have descended there, I think— How strange… |
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Five poems on Summer—not matched.
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いづれをかそれともわかむうのはなのさけるかきねをてらすつきかげ
| izure o ka sore tomo wakamu u no hana no sakeru kakine o terasu tsukikage | How is it that I might distinguish them: Deutzia flowers Blooming on a brushwood fence, and Shining moonlight? |
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この夏もかはらざりけりはつこゑは習志の岡になくほととぎす
| kono natsu mo kawarazarikeri hatsukoe wa narashi no oka ni naku hototogisu | This summer, too, Is no different; The first song Upon Narashi Hill is A calling cuckoo. |
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