Left
ひとこふとはかなきしにをわれやせんみのあらばこそのちもあひみめ
hito kou to
hakanaki shini o
ware ya sen
mi no araba koso
nochi mo aimime | Loving her was
Brief, so is die
What I should do?
If I live on then
I might meet her later! |
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ゆふさればやまのはにいづるつきくさのうつしごころはきみにそめてき
yū sareba
yama no ha ni izuru
tsukikusa no
utsushigokoro wa
kimi ni someteki | When the evening comes
From the mountains’ edge emerges
Moongrass—just as
My loving heart has
Been dyed by you. |
65
百に千に人は言ふとも月草のうつろふ心我れ持ためやも
momo no chi ni
pito pa ipu tomo
tukikusa no
uturopu kokoro
ware motame ya mo |
Hundreds and thousands of things
Is what men say, but
A dayflower’s
Inconstant heart:
Is that mine…? |
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月草に衣はすらむあさつゆにぬれてののちはうつろひぬとも
tukikusa ni
koromo Fa suramu
asa tuyu ni
nurete no noti Fa
uturoFinu tomo |
With dayflowers
Would I dye my clothes,
Though morning dew
Wet them and
The colour fade… |
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