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Tombō no
Tō bakari tsuk
Kara-e kana!
Only ten dragon-flies—all clinging to the same withered spray!
Yosogoto no
Naruko ni nigeru,
Tombo kana!
Poor dragon-fly! Scared away by the clapper that never was intended for you!
Aozora ya,
Ka hodo mure-tobu
Aka-tombo.
High in the azure sky the gathering of red dragon-flies looks like a swarming of mosquitoes.
Furu-haka ya;
Aka-tombo tobu;
Kare shikimi.
Old tomb!—[only] a flitting of red dragon-flies;—some withered [offerings of] shikimi [before the grave]!
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