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Tametadake shodo hyakushu 235

篝火の見えぬ夜ぞなき大堰川おなじ鵜舟やおりのぼるらむ

kagaribi no
mienu yo zo naki
ōikawa
onaji ubune ya
orinoboruramu
Torches
Never go unseen at night
On the River Ōi:
Is it always the same cormorant boat
That plies back and forth?

Fujiwara no Tametada  (? – 1136)
藤原為忠