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おとは山おとにききつつあふさかのせきのこなたにとしをふるかな

otowa yama oto ni kikitsutsu ausaka no seki no konata ni tose o furu kana

As wing-beats in the mountains Do I hear tell of you; But on Meeting Hill Barrier’s inner side Must I spend my days?

75[i]

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ありすがはおなじながれはかはらねどみしやむかしの影ぞわすれぬ

arisugawa onaji nagare wa kawaranedo mishi ya mukashi no kage zo wasurenu

The Arisu River’s Flow is just the same and All unchanged, yet She who saw it, long ago— Her face never will I forget!

76[ii]

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[i] KKS XI: 473: Topic unknown.

[ii] SKKS VIII: 827: After the death of Imperial Princess Shinshi, he had heard that Imperial Princess Sōshi was to move to her former residence, so he went to inspect it, but found everything unchanged; deep in memories of the distant past, he said this to one of the ladies-in-waiting.