Kinkai wakashū 217

Maidenflowers

よそに見てをらでは過ぎじ女郎花名をむつましみ露にぬるとも

yoso ni mite
orade wa sugiji
ominaeshi
na o mutsumashimi
tsuyu ni nuru tomo
Glimpsed from afar,
Without plucking you I’ll not pass by
O, maidenflower,
For your name is so familiar that
I’ll heed not the dampening dew…

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