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Sabishisa o
Tombo tobu nari
Haka no ue.
Desolation!—dragon-flies flitting above the graves
Tombo tonde,
Koto-naki mura no
Hi go nari.
Dragon-flies are flitting, and the noon-sun is s tuning, above the village where nothing eventful ever happens.
Yūzuki hi
Usuki tombo no
Ha-kage kana!
O the thin shadow of the dragon-fly's wings in the light of sunset!
Tombō no
Kabe wo kakayuru
Nishi-hi kana!
O that sunlight from the West, and the dragon-fly clinging to the wall!
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