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Morotomoni kikamashimonoo hototogisu makuranarabeshi mukashinariseba
We would have heard the cuckoo together, if it were still the days when our pillows lay side by side.
Masukagami - The Consort
Imazoshiru atsumurutamano kazukazuni mioterasubeki hikariaritowa
Now at last I know that among the jewels I gathered there was light enough to shine upon me as well.
Masukagami - Fujiwara no Tamesada
Kazukazuni atsumurutamano kumoraneba koremowagayono hikaritozonaru
Since the many jewels you gathered are free of cloud, this too becomes a light upon my reign.
Masukagami - Emperor Go-Daigo
Wakanourano namimomukashini kaerinuto hitoyorisakini kikuzoureshiki
The waves of Waka Bay have turned back to what they were of old, and to hear it before anyone else is my happiness.
Masukagami - Fujiwara no Morokata
Wakanouraya mukashinikaeru namizotomo kayoukokoroni mazuzokikuramu
That the waves of Waka Bay have turned back as of old—it is by our answering hearts that you heard it first.
Masukagami - Fujiwara no Tamesada
Tokishirazu hanamotokiwano ironisake wagakokonoeno yorozuyonoharu
Knowing no season, let the blossom too bloom in evergreen colour: this is the spring of ten thousand ages within my ninefold walls.
Masukagami - Emperor Go-Daigo
Nodokanaru kumoinohanano ironikoso yorozuyofubeki haruwamiekere
In the quiet colour of the blossom above the clouds one sees the spring that is to last ten thousand ages.
Masukagami - Prince Takayoshi
Momoshikino mikakinosakura sakinikeri yorozuyomadeno harunokazashini
The cherries within the palace walls have bloomed, to be spring's adornment for ten thousand ages.
Masukagami - Prince Yoyoshi
Tokioete miyukikaiaru niwanoomoni hanamosakarino iroyahisashiki
On this garden that has earned its imperial visit, will the blossom too long hold the colour of its height?
Masukagami - Fujiwara no Kinmune
Yoyoohete taejitozoomou konoyadono hananimiyukino atookasanete
Through age after age it will never cease, I think: here, upon the blossom of this house, we lay visit upon visit.
Masukagami - Prince Takayoshi
Omoukoto nakutezomimashi honobonoto ariakenotsukino shiganouranami
Had I no cares I would have gazed my fill at the waves of Shiga shore, faint under the moon at daybreak.
Masukagami - Fujiwara no Morokata
Ukarikeru mioakikazeni sasowarete omowanuyamano momijiozomiru
Drawn along by the autumn wind, this wretched self now looks on the crimson leaves of a mountain I never thought to see.
Masukagami - Emperor Go-Daigo
Madanarenu itayanonokino murashigure otookikunimo nururusodekana
I am not yet used to these board-roofed eaves; merely hearing the passing showers is enough to wet my sleeves.
Masukagami - Emperor Go-Daigo
Yonousao soranimoshiruya kannazuki kotowarisugite furushigurekana
Does the sky too know the bitterness of the world? In this godless month the showers fall beyond all reason.
Masukagami - Prince Takayoshi
Omoiyare chirinomitsumoru yotsunooni haraimoaezu kakarunamidao
Think of it: on these four strings where only dust gathers, tears fall faster than I can brush it away.
Masukagami - The Empress
Kakitateshi neotachihatete kimikouru namidanotamano otozonarikeru
The sound I once struck from them has ceased, and the strings are now the thread that strings the jewels of my tears for you.
Masukagami - Emperor Go-Daigo