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36 FUKA-YABU KIYOWARA

KIYOWARA NO FUKA-YABU

Natsu no yo wa
Mada yoi nagara
Akenuru wo
Kumo no izuko ni
Tsuki yadoruramu.

Too short the lovely summer night,
  Too soon ’tis passed away;
I watched to see behind which cloud
  The moon would chance to stay,
  And here's the dawn of day!

Nothing is known of this writer, except that he was the father of the author of verse No. 42.

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