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Summer 21

Left (Tie).

いまはとて有明のかげの槇の戸にさすがにおしき六月の空

ima wa tote
ariake no kage no
maki no to ni
sasuga ni oshiki
minazuki no sora
As if to say, ‘Now’s the time!’
Moonlight, at dawn
Upon my yew-wood door
Does strike; how I regret
The waterless month’s late summer skies!

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Right

飛鳥河ゆくせの浪にみそぎしてはやくぞ年の半過ぬる

asukagawa
yuku se no nami ni
misogishite
hayaku zo toshi no
nakaba suginuru
In Asuka River’s
Rapids’ waves
I cleanse myself;
How swiftly has the year’s
First half come and gone!

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