人しれぬ袖ぞ露けき逢ふことはかれのみまさる山のした草

hito shirenu sode zo tsuyukeki au koto wa kare nomi masaru yama no shitagusa

Unknown to all My sleeves are drenched with dew; For our meetings Excel only in being withered As the scrub grass on the mountainside.

[Nakako,] The Suō Handmaid
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おく山の下かげ草はかれやする軒ばにのみはおのれなりつつ

oku yama no shitakagegusa wa kare ya suru nokiba ni nomi wa onore naritsutsu

Deep within the mountains, have The grasses growing in the trees’ dark shade Really withered away? Simply beneath your eaves, Is where I ever am…

The Consultant Middle Captain
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