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- Manyoshu
Suminoe no Enatsu ni tachite miwataseba Muko no tomari yu izuru funabito
Standing at Enatsu in Suminoe and gazing out, I see boatmen setting out from the harbor of Muko.
Manyoshu - Takechi no Kurohito
Yakizu e ni waga yukishikaba Suruga naru Abe no ichiji ni aishi kora wa mo
When I traveled to the area around Yakizu, I met a girl on the market road of Abe in Suruga—ah, that girl, what has become of her?
Manyoshu - Kasuga no Oyu
Takuhire no kakemaku hoshiki imo ga na o kono Se no yama ni kakeba ika ni aramu
The name of my wife, which I long to speak aloud—what if I gave it to this Mount Se, the "Husband Mountain"?
Manyoshu - Tajihi no Kasamaro
Yoroshinae waga se no kimi ga oikinishi kono Se no yama o imo to wa yobaji
How fitting—this Mount Se, whose name you, my lord, have borne all the way here: I will not call it "Wife."
Manyoshu - Kasuga no Oyu
Koko ni shite ie ya mo izuku shirakumo no tanabiku yama o koete kinikeri
Standing here, where can my home be? I have come all the way over mountains where the white clouds trail.
Manyoshu - Lord Isonokami
Waga inochi no masakiku araba mata mo mimu Shiga no Ōtsu ni yosuru shiranami
If my life is spared, I will come to see them again—the white waves breaking on the shore at Ōtsu in Shiga.
Manyoshu - Hozumi no Oyu
Ama no hara furisake mireba shiramayumi harite kaketari yomichi wa yokemu
Looking up into the wide sky, I see the crescent moon hung there like a strung bow of white wood—the road tonight will be easy to walk.
Manyoshu - Hashihito no Ōura
Kurahashi no yama o takami ka yogomori ni idekuru tsuki no hikari tomoshiki
Is it because Mount Kurahashi is so high that the moon, rising only late in the night, gives so little light?
Manyoshu - Hashihito no Ōura
Maki no ha no shinau Se no yama shinowazute waga koeyukeba konoha shirikemu
As I crossed Mount Se, where the leaves of the fine trees bend so gracefully, without pausing to admire it—did the leaves know?
Manyoshu - Oda no Tsukau
Hisakata no Ama no Sagume ga iwafune no hateshi Takatsu wa asenikeru kamo
Takatsu, where the heavenly goddess Sagume once moored her rock boat, has grown shallow and forsaken.
Manyoshu - Tsuno no Maro
Shiohi no Mitsu no ama no kugutsu mochi tamamo karuramu iza yukite mimu
With the tide out, the fisher girls of Mitsu must be gathering seaweed with their woven bags—come, let us go and watch!
Manyoshu - Tsuno no Maro
Kaze o itami okitsu shiranami takakarashi ama no tsuribune hama ni kaerinu
The wind is so strong that the white waves out at sea must be high—the fishermen's boats have come back to the beach.
Manyoshu - Tsuno no Maro
Suminoe no kishi no matsubara tōtsukami waga ōkimi no idemashi tokoro
The pine grove along the shore of Suminoe is the very place where our great sovereign, descended from the ancient gods, once came.
Manyoshu - Tsuno no Maro
Iohara no Kiyomi no saki no Miho no ura no yutakeki mitsutsu monomoi mo nashi
Gazing on the broad, calm waters of Miho Bay by Cape Kiyomi in Iohara, I find no care left in my heart.
Manyoshu - Taguchi no Masuhito
Hiru miredo akanu Tago no ura ōkimi no mikoto kashikomi yoru mitsuru kamo
The bay of Tago, which one never tires of seeing even by day—out of reverence for my sovereign's command, I could only see it at night.
Manyoshu - Taguchi no Masuhito
Matsuchiyama yū koeyukite Iosaki no Sumida kawara ni hitori ka mo nemu
Crossing Mount Matsuchi at dusk, shall I sleep alone tonight on the riverbank of Sumida at Iosaki?
Manyoshu - Benki