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Yōzei’in miko futari uta’awase 06

Left

ひとこひてぬるはるのよはしきたへのまくらながれてうきぬべきかな

hito koite
nuru haru no yo wa
shikitae no
makura nagarete
ukinubeki kana
Loving her, and
Sleeping on a night in spring,
My mulberry cloth
Pillow in the flow
Simply floats away!

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Right

ねざめするわがしきたへはいけなれやつまなきをしとなかれこそすれ

nezamesuru
wa ga shikitae wa
ike nare ya
tsuma naki oshi to
nakare koso sure
On waking
Is my mulberry cloth
A pond, by chance?
For as a mandarin drake without his duck
Do I surely cry!

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