Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 50

Left

秋のよのあまてる月の光にはおく白露を玉とこそ見れ

aki no yo no
ama teru tsuki no
hikari ni wa
oku shiratsuyu o
tama to koso mire
On an autumn night
The heaven-shining moon’s
Light upon
The fallen silver dewdrops
Truly, makes them seem as jewels.

98[1]

Right

あきののにおける露をばひとりぬる我が涙とも思ひしれかし

aki no no ni
okeru tsuyu oba
hitori nuru
wa ga namida to mo
omoishire kashi
Upon the autumn fields
Drop dewdrops;
Sleeping alone,
My tears—
Think on them, why don’t you!

99


[1] Shinchokusenshū V: 281/Shinsen man’yōshū 95

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