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MYS XIV: 3434

上野阿蘇山つづら野を広み延ひにしものをあぜか絶えせむ

kamituke no
aso yama tudura
no wo piromi
papinisi mono wo
aze ka taesemu

In Kamitsuke
Upon Aso Mountain the moonseed
Covers all the meadows;
It stretches so far—
How ever can it be cut?

駿河の海おしへに生ふる浜つづら汝を頼み母に違ひぬ

suruga no umi
wosipe ni opuru
pamatudura
imasi wo tanomi
papa ni tagapinu

By the sea at Suruga
Growing on the rocks
Is moonseed on the beach—just so
Do I cling to you
Despite my mother’s warnings…

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山賤の垣ほに這へる青つゞら人はくれども事づてもなし

yamagatu no
kakiFo no FaFeru
awo tudura
Fito Fa kuredomo
kotodute mo nasi

The mountain folk’s
Fences are trailed with
Moonseed;
People come, yet
There is no word for me.

Minamoto no Utsuku

日にそへて茂りぞ増る青つゞらくる人もなき眞木の板戸に

hi ni soete
shigeri zo masaru
ao tsuzura
kuru hito mo naki
maki no itado ni

As the days go by
In fine profusion grows the
Moonseed;
No on comes
To my fine wooden door…