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Karisome ni tachiwakarete mo ko o omou omoi o Fuji no keburi to zo mishi

We parted only for a while; and what I took for the smoke of Fuji was the smoke of my own longing for my children, and its fire.

Izayoi Nikki - Abutsu-ni

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Azumaji no sora natsukashiki katami dani shinobu namida ni kumoru tsukikage

I love that sky of the eastern road; and even the moonlight, the one keepsake we still share, is clouded over by the tears of my longing.

Izayoi Nikki

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Kayou rashi miyako no hoka no tsuki mite mo sora natsukashiki onaji nagame wa

Our hearts must pass between us: for even under this moon outside the capital, the gazing is the same, and the same sky is dear.

Izayoi Nikki - Abutsu-ni

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