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Tsurayuki uta’awase 04

Love

Left

わが恋は春のなかばになりにけり花のにほひに影やみゆると

wa ga koi wa
haru no nakaba ni
narinikeri
hana no nioi ni
kage ya miyuru to

My love
In the heart of spring
Has come about:
In the glow of blossom
Can I see her face…

Right

春はなほくるしかりけりさくら花いろのつきつつ恋のまされば

haru wa nao
kurushikarikeri
sakurabana
iro no tsukitsutsu
koi no masareba

Spring is ever
Full of pain:
The cherry blossoms’
Hues exhausted, as
My love is at its strongest…

Composed on the conception of the beginning of autumn.

秋はきぬ年もなかばにすぎぬとやをぎ吹くかぜのおどろかすらん

aki wa kinu
toshi mo nakaba ni
suginu to ya
ogi fuku kaze no
odorokasuran

Autumn, indeed, has come; and
The year, too, has its midpoint
Reached, perhaps?
The gusting wind upon the silver grass
Seems to startle me awake.

Monk Jakunen