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Tombo toru
Iri-hi ni tori no
Metsuki kana!
O the expression of that cock's eyes in the sunset light—tying to catch a dragon-fly!
Tombō no
Mō ya iri-hi no
Issekai.
Dance, O dragon-flies, in your world of the setting sun!
Nama-kabe ni
Yū-hi sasunari
Akatombo.
To the freshly-plastered wall a red dragon-fly clings in the light of the setting-sun.
Deru tsuki to
Iri-hi no ai ya—
Akatombo.
In the time between the setting of the sun and the rising of the moon—red dragon-flies.
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