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- Shin Kokin Wakashu
Furusato wa asaji ga sue ni narihatete tsuki ni nokoreru hito no omokage
My old village has gone entirely to the tips of low reeds, and only in the moonlight does the image of one who lived here linger.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Yoshitsune
Kore ya mishi mukashi sumiken ato naran yomogi ga tsuyu ni tsuki no kakareru
Is this, I wonder, the place I once saw, where someone lived long ago? The moonlight rests on the dew upon the mugwort.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Saigyō
Kage ni tote tachikakurureba karagoromo nurenu ame furu matsu no koe kana
When I step beneath the pines seeking their shade, a rain seems to fall that does not wet my robe—the voice of the wind in the pines.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Isonokami furinishi hito o tazunureba aretaru yado ni sumire tsumikeri
When I went seeking the one I had known long ago, in the ruined house there was only someone picking violets.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Nōin
Inishie o omoiyarite zo koiwataru aretaru yado no koke no ishibashi
Thinking back on days gone by, I go on longing for them—the moss-grown stone bridge of a house fallen to ruin.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Egyō
Wakuraba ni towareshi hito mo mukashi nite sore yori niwa no ato wa taeniki
Even the rare visitor who once came to me belongs to the past now, and since then every footprint in my garden has vanished.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Teika
Nageki koru mi wa yama nagara sugusekashi ukiyo no naka ni nani kaeruran
You who cut the logs of grief, why not live out your days in the mountains? Why go back to this weary world?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Akazome Emon
Aki sareba karibito koyuru tatsutayama tachite mo ite mo mono o shi zo omou
When autumn comes, hunters cross Mount Tatsuta—and, as its name says, standing or sitting, I am lost in brooding.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Asakura ya ki no marodono ni waga oreba nanori o shitsutsu yuku wa ta ga ko zo
At Asakura, as I stay in the palace of rough-hewn logs, who might they be, those who pass calling out their names?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Emperor Tenji
Ashihiki no konata kanata ni michi wa aredo miyako e iza to iu hito zo naki
Paths run here and there through the mountains, yet there is no one who says to me, "Come, let us go to the capital."
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Sugawara no Michizane
Ama no hara akane sashi izuru hikari ni wa izure no numa ka sae nokoru beki
Before the light of the sun rising crimson across the wide heavens, what marsh could remain frozen?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Sugawara no Michizane
Tsukigoto ni nagaru to omoishi masukagami nishi no umi ni mo tomarazarikeri
The moon, that clear mirror I thought flowed away westward month by month, does not stay even in the western sea.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Sugawara no Michizane
Yama wakare tobiyuku kumo no kaerikuru kage miru toki wa nao tanomarenu
When I see the clouds that left the mountains and flew away come drifting back again, I still find myself hoping.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Sugawara no Michizane
Kiri tachite teru hi no moto wa miezu tomo mi wa madowareji yorube ari ya to
Though the mist rises and hides the land beneath the shining sun, I shall not lose my way, thinking there may yet be a place for me to turn to.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Sugawara no Michizane
Hana to chiri tama to mietsutsu azamukeba yuki furusato zo yume ni miekeru
The snow scatters like blossoms and looks like jewels, deceiving my eyes, and so my old home, where the snow falls, appeared to me in a dream.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Sugawara no Michizane
Oinu tote matsu wa midori zo masarikeru waga kurokami no yuki no samusa ni
Though it has grown old, the pine only grows deeper in its green, while my black hair turns cold and white as if covered with snow.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Sugawara no Michizane