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San’i minamoto no hirotsune ason uta’awase 8

Cicadas singing between the trees (林間蝉声)

Round Eight

Left

ゆくかげの雲の林になく蝉はこゑも友にぞたかくきこゆる

yuku kage no
kumo no Fayashi ni
naku semi Fa
kowe mo tomo ni zo
takaku kikoyuru
The light moves with
The clouds and from amongst the trunks
Singing cicadas’
Songs all
Sound louder.

僧俊賀
15

夏木立繁き梢に鳴く蝉の声きくからにあつくもあるかな

natu kodati
sigeki kozuwe ni
naku semi no
kowe kiku kara ni
atuku mo aru kana
In clustered summer trees
Verdant tops
The cicadas sing;
Is it from listening
That I feel the heat…

僧俊義
16