Left – Pinks

もも草のときにつけつつさく中にいつともわかぬとこ夏の花

momokusa no toki ni tsuketsutsu saku naka ni itsu tomo wakanu tokonatsu no hana

A hundred grasses Always with the season Bloom and among them Ever inseparable are The flowering pinks.

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Right

よろづよにぬるとこなつの花なればうつろふ秋もまたれざりけり

yorozuyo ni nuru tokonatsu no hana nareba utsurou aki mo matarezarikeri

For ten thousand ages Have slept abed the pinks In bloom, so For the autumn when they fade They have no need to wait!

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