Yōzei-in uta’awase (Engi jūsan-nen kugatsu kokonoka) 11

Left (Win)

をしめどもとまらぬ秋としりながらまどふ心はいかにせよとぞ

oshimedomo
tomaranu aki to
shirinagara
madou kokoro wa
ika ni seyo to zo
I regret it, yet
Autumn will not linger,
I know, but
What is my confused heart
To do, I wonder?

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Right

たつた河わたりし秋にあらぬかなながれてもみぢつねにみるべく

tatsutagawa
watarishi aki ni
aranu kana
nagarete momiji
tsune ni mirubeku
The River Tatsuta
Has been crossed by autumn,
Has it not?
For Its upon its flows scarlet leaves
Can I ever see…

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