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Entō Onhyakushu 48

あはれなりたがつらとてか初雁の寢覺の床に涙そふらん

awarenari
ta ga tsura tote ka
hatsukari no
nesame no toko ni
namida souran

O, how sad!
Whose friend is
The first goose?
That on my bed at waking time,
Yet more tears should fall…