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Tombō ya!
Hobashira ate ni
Tōku yuku.
O the dragon-fly!—keeping an eye upon the mast, he ventures far!
Tombō ya!
Hi no kage dekite,
Nami no ue.
Poor dragon-fly!—now that the sun has become obscured, he wanders over the waves.
Wata-tori no
Kasa ya tombo no
Hitotsu zutsu.
Look at the bamboo-hats of the cotton-pickers!—there is a dragon-fly perched on each of them!
Nagare-yuku
Awa ni yume miru
Tombo kana!
Lo! the dragon-fly dreams a dream above the flowing of the foam-bubbles!
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