Tsurayuki uta’awase 13

Love

Left

淡く濃く染めはじめたるもみぢ葉になどわが恋をおもひそむらむ

usuku koku
somehajimetaru
momijiba ni
nado wa ga koi o
omoisomuramu
Both lightly and deeply
Have begun to colour
The scarlet leaves, so
Why should my love
Seem to occupy my thought so?

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Right

白露のおきてわかれし朝より消えかへりても恋ひわたるかな

shiratsuyu no
okite wakareshi
ashita yori
kiekaeritemo
koiwataru kana
Silver dewdrops
Fell as we parted—
With the morning
They may vanish, yet
My love for you continues on!

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