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しぐれの雨まなくしふればまきの葉もあらそひかねて色づきにけり

shigure no ame ma nakushi fureba maki no ha mo arasoikanete irozukinikeri

Showers of rain Fall without respite, so Even evergreens’ leaves Can fight no longer, and Take on a hint of colour.

Hitomaro[i]

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[i] This poem appears in Man’yōshū (X: 2196) where it is not attributed to a named poet, so the attribution to Hitomaro here is probably spurious.