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Hon’in sadaijin-ke uta’awase 05

Orchids

Left

おぼつかなあきくるごとにふぢばかまたがためにとかつゆのそむらん

obotsukana
aki kuru goto ni
fujibakama
ta ga tame ni toka
tsuyu no somuran
How strange, that
Whenever autumn comes
Grow orchids—
For whose sake, I wonder,
Does the dewfall dye them?

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Right

おくしもにいくしほそめてふぢばかまいまはかぎりとさきはじむらん

oku shimo ni
iku shio somete
fujibakama
ima wa kagiri to
sakihajimuran
The dewfall with
Many dippings dyes
The orchids—
Now that all is done
Might they begin to bloom.

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