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- Shin Kokin Wakashu
Nori no fune sashite yuku mi zo moromoro no kami mo hotoke mo ware o misonae
I am one who poles the ship of the Dharma and sets out across the sea; all you gods and buddhas, look upon me and keep me safe.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Enchin
Shirube aru toki ni dani yuke gokuraku no michi ni madoeru yo no naka no hito
Go, at least while you still have a guide, you people of the world who wander lost on the road to paradise.
Jakumaku no koke no iwato no shizukeki ni namida no ame no furanu hi zo naki
In the stillness of this moss-grown cave, where no human voice is heard, not a day passes without a rain of tears.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Nichizō
Namu amida hotoke no mite ni kakuru ito no owari midarenu kokoro to mo gana
Namu Amida Butsu: like the thread hung upon the Buddha's hand, whose end is never tangled, may my heart remain untroubled at the end of my life.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Hōen
Ware dani mo mazu gokuraku ni mumanareba shiru mo shiranu mo mina mukaeten
If I, at least, am born first into paradise, I will welcome everyone there, those I know and those I do not.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Genshin
Nigori naki kamei no mizu o musubiagete kokoro no chiri o susugitsuru kana
Scooping up the unclouded water of the Kamei well in my hands, I have rinsed the dust from my heart.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Shōshi
Watatsumi no soko yori kitsuru hodo mo naku kono mi nagara ni mi o zo kiwamuru
Barely arrived from the depths of the sea, she attains the body of a buddha in the very body she has.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Michinaga
Kazu naranu inochi wa nani ka oshikaran nori toku hodo o shinobu bakari zo
Why should I cling to a life of no account? While I preach the Law, I have only to endure.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tadanobu
Murasaki no kumo no hayashi o miwataseba nori ni ouchi no hana sakinikeri
As I gaze across the grove of purple clouds, I find the chinaberry in bloom, its very name telling of meeting the Law.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Higo
Tanigawa no nagare shi kiyoku suminureba kuma naki tsuki no kage mo ukabinu
Now that the mountain stream runs pure and clear, the light of the unclouded moon floats upon its waters.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Higo
Negawaku wa shibashi yamiji ni yasuraite kakage ya semashi nori no tomoshibi
If I may, I would linger a while on this dark road—should I hold up the lamp of the Law?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Jien
Toku mino kiku no shiratsuyu yoru wa okite tsutomete kien koto o shi zo omou
Hearing the Law preached, like white dew on chrysanthemums that settles by night and vanishes at dawn, I long only to rise through the night in devotion and fade away while still at my practice.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Jien
Gokuraku e mada waga kokoro yukitsukazu hitsuji no ayumi shibashi todomare
My heart has not yet reached paradise; O sheep's steps that lead me toward death, pause for a while.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Jien
Waga kokoro nao hareyaranu akigiri ni honoka ni miyuru ariake no tsuki
My heart is like the dawn moon glimpsed faintly through autumn mist that has still not fully cleared.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Kōin
Okuyama ni hitori ukiyo wa satoriniki tsune naki iro o kaze ni nagamete
Alone deep in the mountains, I have seen through this sorrowful world, gazing at the fleeting colors scattered by the wind.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Yoshitsune
Iro ni nomi someshi kokoro no kuyashiki o munashi to tokeru nori no ureshisa
How I regret the heart I dyed only in the colors of the world—and how glad I am of the Law that teaches that color is empty.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Kojiju