君待つと我が恋ひ居れば我が宿の簾動かし秋の風吹く。 - 額田王 (630頃? - 690頃?) -- 『万葉集』巻四
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While I wait for you, / My lord, lost in this longing, / Suddenly there comes / A stirring of my window blind: / The autumn wind is blowing. // - Princess Nukata [Nukata no Ōkimi] (c.630? - c.690?) -- Man'yōshū Book IV --- translations by Edwin A. Cranston (1932 - )
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