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Kyōgoku no miyasudokoro uta’awase 13

Original

ちりまがふかすがのやまのさくらばなひかりにきえぬゆきと見えつつ

chirimagau
kasuga no yama no
sakurabana
hikari ni kienu
yuki to mietsutsu
Tangledly scattering on
The mount of Kasuga are
The cherry blossoms—as
Not fading with the sunlight
Does this snow, it ever seems…

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Left

さくらばななにかはきえむしろたへのいろばかりこそゆきににるらめ

sakurabana
nanika wa kienu
shirotae no
iro bakari koso
yuki ni niruramu
Cherry blossoms—
Why should they fade away?
White as mulberry cloth,
In their hue alone
Do they resemble snow, I’d say!

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Right (Win)

やまざくらゆきにまがひてちりくれどきえぬばかりぞしるしなりける

yamazakura
yuki ni magaite
chirikuredo
kienu bakari zo
shirushi narikeru
Mountain cherry blossoms
Tangle with the snowflakes, and
Come a’scattering, yet
‘Tis only that they fade not that’s
The sign of what they are!

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