Love and Tanabata.
七夕にあらぬわが身のなぞもかく年に稀なる人を待つらん
tanabata ni aranu wa ga mi no nazo mo kaku toshi ni marenaru hito o matsuran The Weaver Maid [1]
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[1] An allusive variation on: Topic unknown. 篝火にあらぬわが身のなぞもかく涙の河にうきてもゆらむ kagaribi ni / aranu wa ga mi no / nazo mo kaku / namida no kawa ni / ukite moyuramu ‘A fisher’s torch / I’m not, so why does my sorry self / Yet / Upon a river of tears, / Burning, seem to drift along?’ Anonymous (KKS XI: 529 )
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織女の年に一たび逢ふものをなどわが恋のはるけかるらむ
tanabata no toshi ni hito tabi au mono o nado wa ga koi no harukekaruramu The Weaver Maid
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Right
つゆに露われもろともにおきゐつつ恋する身さへ消えぬべきかな
tsuyu ni tsuyu ware morotomo ni oki’itsutsu koisuru mi sae kienubeki kana Dewfall upon dewdrops,
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いまはしもわかれもすらし棚機のあまの河原にたづぞ鳴くなる
ima wa shimo wakare mo surashi tanabata no ama no kawara ni tazu zo nakunaru Now, above all painful
たなばたの別ををしみ天河やすのわたりにたづもなかなん
tanabata no wakare o oshimi ama no kawa yasu no watari ni tazu mo nakanan The Weaver Maid
夕されば秋風すずしたなばたの天のはごろもたちやかふらん
yū sareba akikaze suzushi tanabata no ama no hagoromo tachi ya kauran When the evening comes
Left (Tie)
あかなくにわかれにしかばたなばたのおりきしそではいまやぬるらむ
akanaku ni wakarenishikaba tanabta no orikishi sode wa ima ya nururamu If, though unsatisfied
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Right
たなばたのあひけむそらもおもほえじわかれてのちの心まどひに
tanabata no aikemu sora mo omohoeji wakarete nochi no kokoro madoi ni The Weaver Maid
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Left
あまのがはわたりてのちぞたなばたのふかきこころもおもひしるらむ
ama no gawa watarite nochi zo tanabata no fukaki kokoro mo omoishiruramu After the River of Heaven
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Right (Win)
あふよなきたなばたなればいまはとてかへるくもぢにまどはれしかな
au yo naki tanabata nareba ima wa tote kaeru kumoji ni madowareshi kana Were there no night’s meeting
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わかれてののちやわびしきたなばたのあふごはるけきことをおもへば
wakarete no nochi ya wabishiki tanabata no au go harukeki koto o omoeba They part, and
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Right (Win)
わかれてはわびしきものをひこぼしのきのふけふこそおもひやらるれ
wakarete wa wabishiki mono o hikoboshi no kinō kyō koso omoyararure Parting is
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Left
あひみてぞいとどこひしきたなばたのなぐさむばかりあらぬよなれば
aimite zo itodo koishiki tanabata no nagusamu bakari aranu yo nareba Having met and seen her
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Right (Win)
としごとにあかぬわかれはたなばたのあらぬ人さへなげくべらなり
toshigoto ni akanu wakare wa tanabata no aranu hito sae nagekuberanari In every single year,
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Left (Win)
あひ見てもあはでもなげくたなばたのいつかこころはのどけかるらむ
aimite mo awade mo nageku tanabata no itsuka kokoro wa nodokekaruramu Even having met him,
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あはずしておもひしよりもたなばたはあかずわかれてのちぞわびしき
awazushite omoishi yori mo tanabata wa akazu wakarete nochi zo wabishiki She would not meet him
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