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Teiji’in tenjōbito uta’awase 10

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
She did part, then
Would the Weaver Maid’s
Woven and then worn sleeves
Now be truly drenched?

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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
It seems, met him in the skies, but
It does not feel so,
After parting
Lost at heart…

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Teiji’in tenjōbito uta’awase 09

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
She has crossed,
The Weaver Maid
The depths of her heart’s
Feelings seems to know too well.

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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
For the Weaver Maid, then
Now,
Upon her homeward path among the clouds
Would she have wandered, lost!

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Teiji’in tenjōbito uta’awase 07

Left

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
Later are filled with lonely sadness
The Weaver Maid’s
Time of meeting distant grows
Within her thoughts…

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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
Such a sad and lonely thing—
The Herd Boy,
Yesterday and today, too,
Dwells on it in his thoughts…

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Teiji’in tenjōbito uta’awase 05

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
How very dear is
The Weaver Maid
For simple consolation
Is not hers alone tonight…

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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,
Parting, unsatisfied, and
Lacking the Weaver Maid,
Would be for other folk
A certain source of grief.

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Teiji’in tenjōbito uta’awase 04

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,
Now she sees him not, grieving is
The Weaver Maid—
When is it that her heart
Might find some peace?

7

Right

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
Once she thought, but far more, now,
The Weaver Maid,
Endlessly, after
Parting is filled with lonely sadness.

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Teiji’in tenjōbito uta’awase 02

Left

あかずしてわかれにしかばあまのがはこひしきせのみおもほゆるかな

akazushite
wakarenishikaba
ama no gawa
koishiki se nomi
omohoyuru kana
Unsatisfied
Have they parted, so
At the River of Heaven’s
Rapids, their loving meeting alone
Does fill their thoughts!

3

Right (Win)

たなばたのまれにあふよのしののめのみえぬばかりぞきりはふらまし

tanabata no
mare ni au yo no
shinonome no
mienu bakari zo
kiri wa furamashi
The Weaver Maid
Has but a rare night’s meeting, so
At the edge of dawn
That it simply not be seen
She wishes for the fog to fall.

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Daikōtaigōgū daijin kiyosuke-ason ke uta’awase 14

Round Fourteen

Left (Win)

七夕のわかるる今朝のたもとにや秋の白露おきはじむらん

tanabata no
wakaruru kesa no
tamoto ni ya
aki no shiratsuyu
okihajimuran
The Weaver Maid
Parts from him this morn,
Upon her sleeves
Autumn’s silver dewdrops
Must have begun to fall…

Shun’e
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Right

秋へてもはてなき中をみるをりは七夕つめぞうらやまれける

aki hete mo
hatenaki naka o
miru ori wa
tanabatatsume zo
urayamarekeru
Though the autumns pass,
When on their endless bond
She ponders,
Even the Weaver Maid
Must despise her lot!

Kenshō
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