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Horikawa-in enjo awase 4

ながれ出づるしづくに袖は朽ちはてておそふる方もなきぞかなしき

nagare’izuru
shizuku ni sode wa
kuchihatete
osouru kata mo
naki zo kanashiki
Flowing out
These droplets my sleeves
Have completely rotted, and
That I have no way to halt them
Makes me sad, indeed.

The Major Controller of the Left
7

おく網のうけもひかれぬものゆゑに何かはあまの袖のくつらん

oku tsuna no
uke mo hikarenu
mono yue ni
nani ka wa ama no
sode no kutsuran
Cast out, your line’s
Floats, she’ll not draw in,
So
Why would a fisher-girl
Have rotten sleeves, I wonder?

Yurika, from the Hall of the Junior Consort
8