Insects
 
Left (Tie)

あきくればむしもやものをおもふらんこゑもをしまずねをもなくかな

aki kureba mushi mo ya mono o omouran koe mo oshimazu ne mo naku kana

When the autumn comes, Do the insects, too, have gloomy Thoughts, I wonder? I’ll not regret their song at all As they cry on!

His Majesty
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Right

あきごとにとこめづらなるすずむしのふりてもふりぬこゑぞきこゆる

akigoto ni tokomezuranaru suzumushi no furite mo furinu koe zo kikoyuru

Each and every autumn, Afresh The bell-crickets’ Aging in their aged Cries I hear.

Lord Kintō
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