寄りてこそそれかとも見めたそかれにほのぼの見つる花の夕顔
yorite koso sore ka to mo mime tasokare ni Fonobono mitsuru Fana no yuFugaFo |
Indeed! I also wonder what I’ve glimpsed In the twilight Seen so faintly Is a moonflower blossom… |
寄りてこそそれかとも見めたそかれにほのぼの見つる花の夕顔
yorite koso sore ka to mo mime tasokare ni Fonobono mitsuru Fana no yuFugaFo |
Indeed! I also wonder what I’ve glimpsed In the twilight Seen so faintly Is a moonflower blossom… |
朝顔の朝露置きて咲くと言へど夕顔にこそ匂ひましけれ
asagao no asatsuyu okite saku to iedo yūgao ni koso nioimashikere |
Upon the morning glory Drops the morning dew; It blooms, they say, yet It is the moonflower I would rather scent… |