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きむばありい殿、明日祖国に戻られると聞き及んだ次第。
(Kimberly-dono, myōnichi sokokuni modorareruto kikioyonda shidai)
Kimberly-dono, I heard you are sailing back to your country tomorrow.

詫びる必要はない。言いにくかったのであろう。是非もないことでござる。
(Wabiru hitsuyou wa nai. Iinikukattanode arou. Zehimobaikoto degozaru)
You don’t need to apologize. It must have been hard to break the news. There is nothing we can do.

甚だしくお慕い申した故に夏の夜の如くであった。
(Hanahadashiku oshitaimoushita yueni natsunoyono gotoku de atta)
I admired you a little too strongly. Time has flown as quickly as a summer night.

惜しまるる　涙にかげは　とまらなむ　
心も知らず　秋は行くとも
(Oshimaruru namidani kagewa tomaranamu Kokoromo shirazu aki wa yukutomo)
Traces of you will linger in the tears I shed
As you go as the autumn will

by Izumi Shikibu (976 - 1030).

しからば、これにて。達者でな。
(Shikaraba, korenite. Tasshadena)
Well then, I guess this is farewell.

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