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Wasureji no
Yukusue made wa
Katakereba
Kyō wo kagiri no
Inochi to mo gana
|
It will be hard
To keep forever the vow
Never to forget—
Would today could be the limit,
And with it see our lives expire!
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The Mother of Gidō Sanji
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Wasureji to
Iishi bakari no
Nagori to te
Sono yo no tsuki wa
Meguru kinikeri
|
You said you would not
Forget me—those were but words;
All that still remains
Is the moon which shone that night
And now has come again.
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Fujiwara no Ariie (1155–1216)
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Sabishisa wa
Sono iro to shi mo
Nakarikeri
Maki tatsu yama no
Aki no yūgure
|
Loneliness does not
Originate in any one
Particular thing:
Evening in autumn over
The black pines of the mountain.
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The Priest Jakuren
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Kokoro naki
Mi ni mo aware wa
Shirarekeri
Shigi tatsu sawa no
Aki no yūgure
|
Even to someone
Free of passions[1] this sadness
Would be apparent:
Evening in autumn over
A marsh where a snipe rises.
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Saigyō
