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Tombō ya!
Hana ni wa yorade,
Ishi no ue.
O the dragon-fly!—heedless of the flowers, he lights upon a stone!
Tombō ya!
Hana naki kui ni
Sumi-narai.
Ah, the dragon-fly! content to dwell upon a flowerless stake!
Neta ushi no
Tsuno ni hanarenu
Yamma kana!
O great dragon-fly! will you never leave the horn of the sleeping ox?
Kui no saki
Nanika ajiwō
Tombo kana?
O dragon-fly! what can you be tasting on the top of that fence-stake?
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