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{{Verse transliteration-translation}} produces a three-column layout meant to contain the original text of a given poem, an English transliteration, and an English translation, in that order, with optional headings. Language and transliteration data is automatically added in accordance with the {{{lang}}}, and the columns break into a vertical layout in viewports below 900 pixels in width. By setting rtl = yes, the leftmost column can be made to run right to left.
Example (the koinobori song by Miyako Kondō)
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Original Japanese
屋根より 高い 鯉のぼり
大きい 真鯉は お父さん
小さい 緋鯉は 子供たち
面白そうに 泳いでる
Rōmaji
yane yori takai koinobori
ōkii magoi wa otōsan
chiisai higoi wa kodomo-tachi
omoshirosō ni oyoideru
English translation
Higher than the roof-tops are the koinobori
The large carp is the father
The smaller carp are the children
They seem to be having fun swimming.
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produces
Original Japanese
屋根より 高い 鯉のぼり
大きい 真鯉は お父さん
小さい 緋鯉は 子供たち
面白そうに 泳いでる
Rōmaji
yane yori takai koinobori
ōkii magoi wa otōsan
chiisai higoi wa kodomo-tachi
omoshirosō ni oyoideru
English translation
Higher than the roof-tops are the koinobori
The large carp is the father
The smaller carp are the children
They seem to be having fun swimming.
Chad gadya, chad gadya,
ve-ata ha-Kadosh Baruch Hu
ve-shachat le-mal'akh ha-mavet
de-shachat le-tora, de-shatah le-maya
de-khavah le-nura, de-saraf le-chutra
de-hikkah le-khalba, de-nashakh le-shunra, de-akhlah le-gadya
dizabin abba bitrei zuzei.
One little goat, one little goat:
Then came The Holy One, Blessed be He,
and smote the angel of death, who slew the slaughterer,
who killed the ox, that drank the water,
that put out the fire, that burned the stick,
that beat the dog, that bit the cat, that ate the goat,
Which my father bought for two zuzim.
Chad gadya, chad gadya,
ve-ata ha-Kadosh Baruch Hu
ve-shachat le-mal'akh ha-mavet
de-shachat le-tora, de-shatah le-maya
de-khavah le-nura, de-saraf le-chutra
de-hikkah le-khalba, de-nashakh le-shunra, de-akhlah le-gadya
dizabin abba bitrei zuzei.
One little goat, one little goat:
Then came The Holy One, Blessed be He,
and smote the angel of death, who slew the slaughterer,
who killed the ox, that drank the water,
that put out the fire, that burned the stick,
that beat the dog, that bit the cat, that ate the goat,
Which my father bought for two zuzim.
Notes
For a two-column layout, without a separate transliteration, please use {{verse translation}}.
Please do not use this template for long sections of prose. Whether or not doing so works at present, any such usage may complicate future changes to the template.
If you want to use non-English text in any of the headings, remember to enclose it in a {{lang}} template.
With headings, the text beneath the hedings will be indented, while the headings themselves will not be. Without headings, the entire template will be indented. Additional indentation can be achieved with {{block indent}}
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