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- Manyoshu
Yamashina no iwata no ono no hahasohara mitsutsu ka kimi ga yamaji koyuramu
Are you crossing the mountain road right now, my love, gazing at the oak woods on the moor of Iwata in Yamashina?
Manyoshu - Fujiwara no Umakai
Yamashina no iwata no mori ni nusa okaba kedashi wagimo ni tada ni awamu kamo
If I leave offerings at the sacred grove of Iwata in Yamashina, perhaps I might meet my beloved face to face.
Manyoshu - Fujiwara no Umakai
Ōbayama kasumi tanabiki sayo fukete waga fune hatemu tomari shirazu mo
Haze trails over Mount Ōba and the night has grown late. I want to moor my boat, but I do not know where to anchor.
Manyoshu - the Go Master
Omoitsutsu kuredo kikanete mio no saki managa no ura o mata kaerimitsu
Drawn by longing, I came this far but could not bring myself to go on, and once again I turned to look back at the bay of Managa by Cape Mio.
Manyoshu - the Go Master
Takashima no ado no minato o kogisugite shiotsu sugaura ima ka koguramu
Having rowed past the harbor of Ado in Takashima, are they now rowing by Shiotsu and Sugaura?
Manyoshu - Koben
Waga tatami mie no kawara no iso no ura ni kaku shi mo ga mo to naku kawazu kamo
In the shade of the rocks on the riverbed at Mie, the river frogs sing as if to say, "Would that it could always be like this."
Manyoshu - Iomaro
Yama takami shirayūbana ni ochitagitsu natsumi no kawato miredo akanu kamo
Because the mountains are high, the waters tumble down like white flowers of mulberry cloth; the river crossing at Natsumi I could gaze on and never tire.
Manyoshu - Shikibu Yamato
Ōtaki o sugite natsumi ni chikazukite kiyoki kawase o miru ga sayakesa
Past the Great Falls and drawing near to Natsumi, how refreshing it is to see the clear shallows of the river!
Manyoshu - Hyōbu Kawara
Kanato ni shi hito no kitateba yonaka ni mo mi wa tana shirazu idete zo aikeru
Whenever a man came and stood at her gate, even in the middle of the night she would go out to meet him, with no thought for herself.
Manyoshu - Takahashi no Mushimaro (from the Mushimaro Collection)
Tokoyobe ni sumubeki mono o tsurugitachi na ga kokoro kara oso ya kono kimi
He could have lived forever in the Everlasting Land, yet through his own heart he lost it all. What a fool this man is!
Manyoshu - Takahashi no Mushimaro (from the Mushimaro Collection)
Ōhashi no tsume ni ie araba maganashiku hitori yuku ko ni yado kasamashi o
If only my house stood at the foot of the great bridge, I would lend lodging, with tender pity, to the girl who walks on alone.
Manyoshu - Takahashi no Mushimaro (from the Mushimaro Collection)
Mitsuguri no naka ni mukaeru sarashii no taezu kayowamu soko ni tsuma mo ga
Like the waters of the Sarashi spring facing Naka that never cease, I would come here without end, if only a wife of mine were there.
Manyoshu - Takahashi no Mushimaro (from the Mushimaro Collection)
Tōzuma shi taga ni ariseba shirazu tomo tazuna no hama no tazune kinamashi
If my faraway wife were here in Taga, I would come seeking her even without knowing the way, as the name of Tazuna beach suggests.
Manyoshu - Takahashi no Mushimaro (from the Mushimaro Collection)
Waga yuki wa nanuka wa sugiji tatsutahiko yume kono hana o kaze ni na chirashi
My journey will not last beyond seven days. O god of Tatsuta, never let the wind scatter these blossoms.
Manyoshu - Takahashi no Mushimaro (from the Mushimaro Collection)
Itoma araba nazusai watari mukatsuo no sakura no hana mo oramashi mono o
If I had the time, I would wade across the river and break off the cherry blossoms on the facing peak as well.
Manyoshu - Takahashi no Mushimaro (from the Mushimaro Collection)
Iyukiai no saka no fumoto ni sakiwooru sakura no hana o misemu ko mo ga mo
Would that I had a girl to show these cherry blossoms, blooming so thick that the branches bend, at the foot of the slope where travelers meet.
Manyoshu - Takahashi no Mushimaro (from the Mushimaro Collection)