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あしひきの山郭公わがごとや君に恋ひつつ寝ねがてにする
asiFiki no
yamaFototogisu
wa ga goto ya
kimi ni koitutu
inegate ni suru | Leg-wearying,
O, mountain cuckoo,
Just as I,
Are you ever in love and
Unable to sleep at all? |
Anonymous
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わが園の梅の末枝に鶯の音になきぬべき恋もするかな
wa ga sono no
ume no Fodue ni
uguFisu no
ne ni nakinubeki
koFi mo suru kana | In my garden
From the plum treetops
A warbler
Does cry so –
He must be in love, as I… |
Anonymous
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山ぶきはあやなな咲きそ花みんと植へけむきみがこよひ来なくに
yamabuki Fa
aya na na saki so
Fana min to
uFekemu kimi ga
koyoFi konaku ni | O, kerria,
Do not pointlessly burst into blossom!
Hoping that he would see your blooms
I planted you, yet he
Tonight comes not… |
Anonymous
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いまもかもさきにほふらむたちばなの小島の崎の山吹の花
ima mo kamo
saki niFoFuramu
tatibana no
wozima no saki no
yamabuki no Fana | Now, as always,
Blossoms in full glory, among
The orange blossom on
Ojima Point,
Kerria blooms. |
Anonymous
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ちる花をなにかうら見む世中にわが身もともにあらむものか
tiru Fana wo
nani uramimu
yo no naka ni
wa ga mi mo tomo ni
aramu mono ka | Why, the scattered blossom
Should I despise?
For in this mundane world
Will I, too, with it
Endure? |
Anonymous
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駒並めていざ見にゆかむ古里は雪とのみこそ花はちるらめ
koma namete
iza mi ni yukamu
Furusato Fa
yuki to nomi koso
Fana Fa tirurame | Line up our mounts, and
Let’s go to see
An ancient estate with
A blizzard of
Blossom, scattered all around! |
Anonymous
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吹風をなきてうら見ようぐひすは我やは花に手だにふれたる
Fuku kaze wo
nakite uramiyo
uguFisu Fa
ware ya Fa Fana ni
te dani Furetaru | The gusting breeze
With song does reproach
The warbler, or
Is it me? For on the blossoms
Have I dared to lay a hand… |
Anonymous
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うぐひすのなく野べごとに来てみればうつろふ花に風ぞ吹ける
uguFisu no
naku nobe goto ni
kitemireba
uturoFu Fana ni
kaze zo fukikeru | The warblers
Sing from every field, and
When I arrive I see,
Faded flowers blown
By the gusting wind. |
Anonymous
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待つ人も来ぬものゆへにうぐひすの鳴きつる花を折てける哉
matu Fito mo
konu mono yuFe ni
uguFisu no
nakituru Fana wo
woritekeru kana | The one who I await
Has failed to come, and so
The warbler’s
Song-perch – the blossoms –
Have I plucked! |
Anonymous
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吹風にあつらへつくるものならばこの一本は避きよと言はまし
Fuku kaze ni
aturaFetukuru
mono naraba
kono Fitomoto Fa
yokiyo to iFamasi | Should the gusting wind
Take orders,
Then,
‘This single spray
Avoid!’ – that’s what I would say! |
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