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ふけにけるわが身のかげをおもふまにはるかに月のかたぶきにける
fukenikeru
While my aged
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すつとならばうきよをいとふしるしあらんわれみばくもれ秋のよの月
sutsu to naraba
Should I abandon all,
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月のいろに心をきよくそめましや宮こをいでぬわが身なりせば
tsuki no iro ni
Could the moon, with a shade
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よもすがら月こそそでにやどりけれむかしの秋をおもひいづれば
yo mo sugara
All night long,
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月を見て心うかれしいにしへの秋にもさらにめぐりあひぬる
tsuki o mite
I glimpse the moon, and
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世中をおもへばなべてちる花のわが身をさてもいづちかもせん
yo no naka o
When, on this world of ours
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あはれとてとふ人のなどなかるらんものおもふやどのおぎのうは風
aware tote
O, how sad!
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今ぞしるおもひいでよと契しはわすれんとてのなさけなりけり
ima zo shiru
Now I understand!
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うとくなる人をなにとてうらむらんしられずしらぬおりもありしに
utokunaru
Having drifted apart,
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ものおもひてながむるころの月のいろにいかばかりなる哀そむらん
mono’omoite
Sunk in melancholy, and
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