月夜よみ鳴く霍公鳥見まく欲り我れ草取れり見む人もがも
tukuyo yomi naku pototogisu mimakupori ware kusa toreri mimu pito mogamo | On a fair moonlit night A calling cuckoo Did I wish to see, so I went gathering grasses— If only there was one to see me! |
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月夜には花とぞ見ゆる竹のうへに降りしく雪を誰かはらはむ
tsukiyo ni wa hana to zo miyuru take no ue ni furishiku yuki o tare ka harawamu | On a moonlit night As blossom it appears, so From the bamboo The fallen, scattered, snow— Who would sweep it away? |
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しら雪を分けてわかるるかたみには袖に涙のこほるなりけり
shirayuki o wakete wakaruru katami ni wa sode ni namida no kōru narikeri | That through the snow so white I pressed on, forging, A keepsake is The tears upon my sleeves, All frozen. |
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