落花枝に帰らず破鏡再び照らさず

らっかえだにかえらずはきょうふたたびてらさず

fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine, what's done is done, there's no use crying over spilled milk

破鏡

はきょう

broken mirror, marital separation, divorce

明鏡も裏を照らさず

めいきょうもうらをてらさず

even Homer nods; even a polished mirror conceals its reverse side

再び

ふたたび

again, once more, a second time

一再ならず

いっさいならず

to over and over

再び導入

ふたたびどうにゅう

reintroduction

再び読む

ふたたびよむ

to reread, to read again

再び取る

ふたたびとる

to reassume

照らす

てらす

to shine on, to illuminate

再び述べる

ふたたびのべる

to restate

鏡

かがみ

mirror, looking-glass

びらびら

flutter, flutteringly

参照呼び出し

さんしょうよびだし

reference (function) call

再

さい

re-, again, repeated, deutero-, deuto-, deuter-

ずらずら

in succession, in an endless stream, continuing without pause or interruption

再帰呼び出し

さいきよびだし

recursive call

破

は

(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song

相照らす

あいてらす

to mutually shine on (each other)

葡萄葛

えびかずら

grapevine