Sagoromo monogatari

消えはてて煙は空にかすむとも雲のけしきを我としらじな

kiehatete
keburi wa sora ni
kasumu tomo
kumo no keshiki o
ware to shiraji na
All but gone,
The smoke across the sky
Is hazed, yet
In the vista of the clouds,
You would not know ’tis I.

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A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

In reply:

かすめよな思ひ消えなむ煙にもたちおくれてはくゆらざらまし

kasumeyo na
omoi kienamu
keburi ni mo
tachiokurete wa
kuyurazaramashi
O, let it be hazed!
Should I from love’s fires, and
In smoke
Drift away,
I would not want to waver!

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A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

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