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- Manyoshu
Momichiba no suginishi kora to tazusawari asobishi iso o mireba kanashi mo
When I look at the rocky shore where I once walked hand in hand with my wife, now passed away like the autumn leaves, how sad it is.
Manyoshu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Shioke tatsu ariso ni wa aredo yuku mizu no suginishi imo ga katami to zo koshi
Though it is a rough shore where the salt spray rises, I have come here as a keepsake of my wife, who has passed away like flowing water.
Manyoshu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Inishie ni imo to waga mishi nubatama no kuroushigata o mireba sabushi mo
Looking now at Kuroushi Bay, which my wife and I once saw together, how lonely it is.
Manyoshu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Tamatsushima iso no urami no manago ni mo nioite yukana imo mo furekemu
Let me go on with my robe tinged by the fine sands of the cove at Tamatsu Isle, for my wife must once have touched them too.
Manyoshu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Inishie no shinoda otoko no tsumadoishi unai otome no okutsuki zo kore
This is the grave of the Maiden of Unai, whom the youth of Shinoda courted long ago.
Manyoshu - Tanabe no Sakimaro (from the Sakimaro Collection)
Kataritsugu kara ni mo kokoda koishiki o tadame ni mikemu inishie otoko
Even from the tales handed down I feel such longing; how much more the young men of old, who must have seen her with their own eyes!
Manyoshu - Tanabe no Sakimaro (from the Sakimaro Collection)
Wakarete mo mata mo aubeku omooeba kokoro midarete are koime ya mo
If I could believe that we would meet again even after parting, would my heart be in such turmoil, would I long for you like this?
Manyoshu - Tanabe no Sakimaro (from the Sakimaro Collection)
Ashihiki no arayamanaka ni okuriokite kaerau mireba kokorogurushi mo
Having laid him to rest deep in the desolate mountains, when I watch the mourners going home, how my heart aches.
Manyoshu - Tanabe no Sakimaro (from the Sakimaro Collection)
Katsushika no mama no i mireba tachinarashi mizu kumashikemu tegona shi omōyu
When I see the well of Mama in Katsushika, I think of Tegona, who must have trodden the path smooth as she came to draw water.
Manyoshu - Takahashi no Mushimaro (from the Mushimaro Collection)
Ashinoya no unai otome no okutsuki o yukiku to mireba ne nomi shi nakayu
Whenever I see the grave of the Maiden of Unai at Ashinoya, coming and going, I can only weep aloud.
Manyoshu - Takahashi no Mushimaro (from the Mushimaro Collection)
Haka no ue no konoe nabikeri kikishi goto chinu otoko ni shi yori ni kerashi mo
The branches of the tree over the grave bend one way; just as I had heard, her heart must have leaned toward the youth of Chinu.
Manyoshu - Takahashi no Mushimaro (from the Mushimaro Collection)
Hisakata no ame no kaguyama kono yūbe kasumi tanabiku haru tatsurashi mo
This evening a haze trails across the heavenly Mount Kagu. Spring, it seems, has truly arrived.
Manyoshu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Makimuku no hibara ni tateru harugasumi ōni shi omowaba nazumi kome ya mo
O spring haze rising over the cypress forest of Makimuku—if my feelings were only half-hearted, would I have struggled all this way to come here?
Manyoshu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Inishie no hito no ueken sugi ga e ni kasumi tanabiku haru wa kinurashi
On the branches of the cedars that people of long ago must have planted, a haze now trails. It seems that spring has come.
Manyoshu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Kora ga te o makimukuyama ni haru sareba ko no ha shinogite kasumi tanabiku
When spring comes to Mount Makimuku, whose name recalls a lover's arm entwined, the haze trails over it, as if pressing down the leaves of the trees.
Manyoshu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Tamakagiru yū sarikureba satsuhito no yutsuki ga take ni kasumi tanabiku
As evening comes on in its soft gleaming light, a haze trails across Mount Yutsuki, whose name the hunter's bow recalls.
Manyoshu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro