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Sakaki 榊

万代の色もかはらぬためしには神なび山のさか木をぞとる

yorozuyo no
iro mo kawaranu
tameshi ni wa
kaminabiyama no
sakaki o zo toru

Ten-thousand generations
Of unchanging hues
Do they display, so
From the holy mountain
Will I gather sacred sakaki.

Higo

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