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Tōin senzai awase 08

Left – Karukaya

はなさかむあきくるまではかるかやのみだれんとだに我がおもはぬに

hana sakamu
aki kuru made wa
karukaya no
midaren to dani
ware omowanu ni
Its flowers bloom
In autumn, but ‘til then
That the tufted grass
Is all confused,
I would not even think…

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Right

こゑにいでてはかるかやまの山びこはこたふるかたのゆきとはるけき

koe ni idete wa
karukayama no
yamabiko wa
kotauru kata no
yuki to harukeki
A voice sounds out on
The tufted grass-covered mount,
The mountain spirit
In response sends
Snow into the distance.

12a

こゑにいでてはかるかやまの山びこはこたふるかたのゆけどはるけき

koe ni idete wa
karukayama no
yamabiko wa
kotauru kata no
yukedo harukeki
A voice sounds out on
The tufted grass-covered mount,
The mountain spirit’s
Response goes
Out yet still is far away.

12b

Sahyōe no suke sadafumi uta’awase 13

Left (Tie)

おとぎきにあやなく人をこひそめてそれとだにみぬことのわびしさ

otogiki ni
ayanaku hito o
koisomete
sore to dani minu
koto no wabishisa
By repute
Pointlessly, a lady
Have I begun to love,
Without even seeing her,
That is truly pitiable!

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Right

やまびこのおとにのみきくきみなればわれよりさきにとふ人もなし

yamabiko no
oto ni nomi kiku
kimi nareba
ware yori saki ni
tou hito mo nashi
As a mountain spirit
Word is all I hear
Of you, so
Before me
Not a man will visit you!

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