Fufuki no Touji (Lady Fufuki, ~675 AD)
At the riverhead,
A rock mound
Without grass—
I wish you too
Would stay a girl
Written when Princess Abe visited the
Ise shrine.
Ise shrine.
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吹黄刀自
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吹黄刀自
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Fufuki no Touji
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河上乃
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川の上の
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Kawa no ue no
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湯津盤村二
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ゆつ岩群に
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Yutsu iwamura ni
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草武左受
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草生さず
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Kusa musazu
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常丹毛冀名
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常にもがもな
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Tune ni mogamona
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常處女煮手
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常処女にて
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Toko wotome nite
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Translation Notes
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川の上の
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River ’s above ’s
[At the source of the creek]
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ゆつ岩群に
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Hot-springs port rocky-outcrop at
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草生さず
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Covered-in-grass/algae not
[clear water]
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常にもがもな
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Perpetual hope
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常処女にて
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Forever virgin/pure-woman
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