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Autumn Winds 秋風

うらぶれてかさねぬ袖は秋かぜのたつにつけてぞ物はかなしき

uraburete
kasanenu sode wa
akikaze no
tatsu ni tsukete zo
mono wa kanashiki

Weighed down with sorrow, and
With no sleeves to pile together,
The autumn wind’s
First gust
Turns all to sadness.

Higo

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