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Sayo chidori
Koe koso chikaku
Narumi-gata
Katabuku tsuki ni
Shio ya mitsuramu
|
The cries of the night
Sanderlings draw closer
To Narumi Beach;
As the moon sinks in the sky
The tide rises to the full.
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Shōsammi Sueyoshi
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Katami to te
Hono fumi wakeshi
Ato mo nashi
Kishi wa mukashi no
Niwa no ogiwara
|
Nothing whatsoever
Remains of you in this grass
We once used to tread;
How long ago it was we came—
The garden now is a wilderness.
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Fujiwara no Yasusue
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Hana wa chiri
Sono iro to naku
Nagamureba
Munashiki sora ni
Harusame zo furu
|
The blossoms have fallen.
I stare blankly at a world
Bereft of color:
In the wide vacant sky
The spring rains are falling.
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Princess Shikushi (died 1201)
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Hakanakute
Suginishi kata wo
Kazōreba
Hana ni mono omou
Haru zo henikeru
|
When I tell over
The years of a past spent in
Empty promises,
How many springs have gone by
Lamenting with the blossoms!
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Princess Shikushi
