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Eikyū hyakushu 219

Early Evening (晩立)

夕立やたらちねならんぬれがほも猶なつかしきをみなへしかな

yūdachi ya
tarachine naran
nuregao mo
nao natsukashiki
ominaeshi kana

Are the evening showers
Their mother, perhaps?
A tear-streaked face, too
Is dear, indeed,
On a maidenflower…

Nakazane