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Yōzei-in uta’awase (Engi jūni-nen natsu) 03

おのおのがみをばおもへどなつむしのかかるおもひはえこそはなれね

ono ono ga
mi oba omoedo
natsumushi no
kakaru omoi wa
e koso hanarene
Each and every one
Of their flesh remains aware, yet
A firefly’s
Passion burns such that
He never can escape it.

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

Right

こひによりみのうせしをばくゆれどもなほなつむしになをやたちなむ

koi ni yori
mi no useshi oba
kuyuredomo
nao natsumushi ni
na o ya tachinamu
For love
Has my body failed,
Burning within, yet
Still, as a firefly
Might I be known?

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

Eikyū hyakushu 427

Hidden Love

知らじかしいひし出でねばかくばかりしのぶる恋に身をこがすとは

shiraji kashi
iishi ideneba
kaku bakari
shinoburu koi ni
mi o kogasu to wa
Doesn’t he know?
I’ll burst not out in speech, so
As ever
With love’s secret fires
Is my body scorched.

Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後