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Dragon-flies and Spiders
Kumo no su no
Atari ni asobu
Tombo kana!
Ah! the poor dragon-fly, sporting beside the spider's web!
Sasagani no
Ami no hazurete,
Tombo kana!
Good dragon-fly;—he has extricated himself from the net of the spider!
Kumo gaki mo
Yaburu kihoi ya,
Oni-tombo.
Through even the spider's fence he has force to burst his way!—O the demon-dragon-fly!
Heedless of Flowers
Tombō ya!
Hana-no ni mo me wa
Hosorasezu.
Ah, the dragon-fly! even in the flower-field he never half-shuts his eyes!
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