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- Shin Kokin Wakashu
Samenureba omoiawasete ne o zo naku kokoro tsukushi no inishie no yume
When I wake and put it together, I cry aloud: that dream of long ago, when a heart was spent in far Tsukushi.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Jien
Sakiniou hana no keshiki o miru kara ni kami no kokoro zo sora ni shiraruru
The moment I behold the look of these blossoms in full bloom, the heart of the god makes itself known, as plain as the open sky.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Retired Emperor Shirakawa
Iwa ni musu koke fuminarasu Mikumano no yama no kai aru yukusue mogana
Treading flat the moss that grows upon the rocks of sacred Kumano's mountains—may my future prove worth it, as deep as these mountain gorges.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Go-Toba In
Kumanogawa kudasu hayase no minarezao sasuga minarenu nami no kayoiji
Down the rapids of the Kumano River, the boatmen thrust the water-worn pole, yet this pathway over the waves is one I have never seen before.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Go-Toba In
Tachinoboru Shioya no kemuri urakaze ni nabiku o kami no kokoro tomogana
How I wish I could take the smoke rising from the salt huts, bending before the shore wind, as a sign that the god's heart bends toward us.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Saneyoshi
Iwashiro no kami wa shiruran shirube seyo tanomu ukiyo no yume no yukusue
The god of Iwashiro surely knows—be my guide, I pray, to where it leads, this dream of a sorrowful world on which I place my trust.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Chigiri areba ureshiki kakaru ori ni ainu wasuru na kami mo yukusue no sora
Because a bond of fate was made, I have met with such a joyful occasion; do not forget it, O god, you too, through all the days to come.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Go-Toba In
Toshi fu tomo Koshi no Shirayama wasurezu wa kashira no yuki o aware tomo mi yo
Though the years go by, if you have not forgotten my visit to the White Mountain of Koshi, look with pity on the snow that crowns my head.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Akisuke
Sumiyoshi no hamamatsu ga e ni kaze fukeba nami no shirayū kakenu ma zo naki
When the wind blows through the boughs of the seaside pines at Sumiyoshi, there is not a moment when the waves do not hang them with white bark-cloth.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Michitsune
Sakakiba no shimo uchiharai karezu nomi sume to zo inoru kami no mimae ni
Brushing the frost from the sakaki leaves, I pray before the god: may you never wither, never leave, but dwell here always.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Kawayashiro shino ni orihae hosu koromo ika ni hoseba ka nanuka hizaran
At the river shrine, the robes are stretched out long and ceaselessly to dry—how can it be that, however they are hung, they stay wet for seven days?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Nao tanome shimejigahara no sasemogusa waga yo no naka ni aran kagiri wa
Keep relying on me, you mugwort of Shimeji Plain, for as long as I remain in this world.
Nani ka omou nani o ka nageku yo no naka wa tada asagao no hana no ue no tsuyu
What troubles you? What do you grieve over? This world is nothing but dew resting on the flower of a morning glory.
Yama fukaku toshi furu ware mo aru mono o izuchi ka tsuki no idete yuku ran
Though I, too, have dwelt for years deep in these mountains, where can the moon be going as it rises and departs?
Ashi soyogu shiose no nami no itsu made ka ukiyo no naka ni ukabi wataran
Like the waves of the tidal shallows where the reeds rustle, how long must I go on floating and drifting through this sorrowful world?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Gyōki
Anokutara sanmyaku sanbodai no hotoketachi waga tatsu soma ni myōga arasetamae
O buddhas of supreme and perfect enlightenment, grant your unseen protection to this timbered mountain on which I now stand.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Saichō