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Kinkai wakashū 294

Chrysanthemums

ませのうちによるおくつゆやいかならんぬれつつ菊のうつろひにける

mase no uchi ni
yoru oku tsuyu ya
ika naran
nuretsutsu kiku no
utsuroinikeru

Within my lattice fence,
Of the night-time dewfall
What is to be made?
Ever dampened, the chrysanthemums
Are fading away…