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- Shui Wakashu
Amanogawa kozo no watari no utsuroeba asase fumu ma ni yo zo fukenikeru
Because last year's crossing place on the River of Heaven has shifted, the night grew late while I waded through the shallows searching for a way across.
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Sayo fukete amanogawa o zo idete miru omou sama naru kumo ya wataru to
Late in the night I go outside to gaze at the River of Heaven, wondering whether clouds are crossing it just as I had hoped.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Hikoboshi no omoi masuran koto yori mo miru ware kurushi yo no fukeyukeba
More than the Herdsman Star, whose longing must be mounting, it is I, watching, who suffer, as the night grows late.
Shui Wakashu - Prince Yuhara
Toshi ni arite hitoyo imo ni au hikoboshi mo ware ni masarite omouran ya zo
Could even the Herdsman Star, who waits a year to meet his beloved for one night, long for her more than I do? Surely not.
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Tanabata ni nugite kashitsuru karakoromo itodo namida ni sode ya nururan
The Chinese robe I took off and lent to the Weaver Maid, its sleeves must now be all the more soaked with her tears.
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Hitotose ni hitoyo to omoedo tanabata no aimimu aki no kagiri naki kana
I thought of it as one night in a year, yet the autumns when the Weaver meets her love go on without end.
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Itazura ni suguru tsukihi o tanabata no au yo no kazu to omowamashikaba
If only I could count the months and days that pass in vain as the nights when the Weaver meets her love.
Shui Wakashu - Egyō
Itodoshiku i mo nezaruran to omou kana kyō no koyoi ni aeru tanabata
I think she must be getting even less sleep tonight, the Weaver Maid who meets her love on this very night.
Shui Wakashu - Kiyohara no Motosuke
Aimite mo awade mo nageku tanabata wa itsu ka kokoro no nodokekarubeki
The Weaver Maid grieves whether she meets her love or not; when will her heart ever find peace?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Waga inoru koto wa hitotsu zo amanogawa sora ni shirite mo tagaezaranan
There is only one thing I pray for. O River of Heaven, even if you only guess it from up in the sky, please do not fail me.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kimi kozu wa tare ni misemashi waga yado no kakine ni sakeru asagao no hana
Had you not come, to whom would I have shown the morning glories blooming on the hedge of my house?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Ominaeshi ōkaru nobe ni hanasusuki izure o sashite maneku naruran
On the fields where so many maidenflowers bloom, which of them, I wonder, is the plumed pampas grass beckoning to?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Te mo tayuku ueshi mo shiruku ominaeshi iro yue kimi ga yadorinuru kana
My labor in planting them until my hands were weary has clearly borne fruit: drawn by the colors of the maidenflowers, you have stayed the night.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kuchinashi no iro o zo tanomu ominaeshi hana ni medetsu to hito ni kataru na
I trust in your gardenia color, which has no mouth to speak. Maidenflower, do not tell anyone that I was charmed by your blossoms.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Saneyori
Ominaeshi niou atari ni mutsurureba ayanaku tsuyu ya kokoro okuran
When I draw close to where the maidenflowers glow, does the dew, for no reason, settle on them with a wary heart?
Shui Wakashu - Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Shiratsuyu no oku tsuma ni suru ominaeshi ana wazurawashi hito na te fure so
This maidenflower is the wife of the white dew that settles upon her. Oh, what trouble it would cause! Let no one touch her.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet