Colours of chrysanthemums at the base of a fence (籬菊色色)

Left

いろいろにうつろふ風のそがぎくはしなじなよはの霜やおくらん

iroiro ni utsurou kaze no sogagiku wa shinajina yowa no shimo ya okuran

Hues Shifting with the breeze Are the yellow chrysanthemums: Is it because of night’s differing Frostfall, perhaps?

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Right

おく霜にまがきのきくをみわたせばいろいろにこそうつろひにけれ

oku shimo ni magaki no kiku o miwataseba iroiro ni koso utsuroinikere

Frost has fallen upon The chrysanthemums by the rough-hewn fence, and When I gaze across them, How their hues Have faded away!

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