Left – Bush clover

おひかかりくずのたままくあきはぎをうへけはあきのここにやつれん

oikakari kuzu no tamamaku akihagi o ueke wa aki no koko ni ya tsuren

Growing, hung with Kudzu’s gemmed leaves, The autumn bush-clover Does feel overlain with autumn Here, perhaps?

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おひかかりくずのたままくなつはぎをうゑてはあきのしかやまたれむ

oikakari kuzu no tamamaku natsuhagi o uete wa aki no shika ya mataremu

Growing, hung with Kudzu’s gemmed leaves, The summer bush-clover, Planted, might autumn Be the stag awaiting?

9b

Right

花もまだはぎはさかねどいまよりはしたばをみつつながめてぞをる

hana mo mada hagi wa sakanedo ima yori wa shitaba o mitsutsu nagamete zo oru

In blossom yet Has the bush-clover to bloom, yet From this moment on, Will I ever look upon the under-leaves, and Gazing, pick them!

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