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- Shui Wakashu
Yuku hito o todomegatami no karagoromo tatsu yori sode no tsuyukekaru ran
Since I cannot hold back the one who is going, I give this Chinese robe as a keepsake; from the moment it was cut, from the moment you set out, its sleeves must be wet with dew.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Oshimu tomo katashi ya wakare kokoro naru namida o dani mo e ya wa todomuru
However much we grieve, parting is hard to prevent; can we stop even the tears that flow from our own hearts?
Shui Wakashu - Shōnagon, Imperial Nurse
Azumaji no kusaba o waken hito yori mo okururu sode zo mazu wa tsuyukeki
More than the traveler who will push through the grassy leaves of the eastern road, it is the sleeves of us who are left behind that are first wet with dew.
Shui Wakashu - Mikawa, Female Chamberlain
Wakarureba mazu namida koso saki ni tate ika de okururu sode no nuru ran
When we part, it is the tears that go ahead of all else; why, then, is it the sleeves of the one left behind that grow wet?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Wakaruru o oshi to zo omou tsurugiba no mi o yori kudaku kokochi nomi shite
I grieve at our parting, feeling only as if my body were twisted and shattered, like the sword-shaped feathers of the mandarin drake.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Tabibito no tsuyu harau beki karagoromo madaki mo sode no nurenikeru kana
This fine robe, meant to brush away the dew of the road for the traveler, already has its sleeves wet with my tears before the journey has even begun.
Shui Wakashu - Princess Masako
Amata ni wa nui kasanenedo karagoromo omou kokoro wa chie ni zo arikeru
Though I have not sewn many layers into this fine robe, the heart that thinks of you is folded a thousand times over.
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Tōku yuku hito no tame ni wa waga sode no namida no tama mo oshikaranaku ni
For the sake of one who travels far away, I do not begrudge even the jewels of tears that gather on my sleeves.
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Oshimu tote tomaru koto koso katakarame waga koromode o hoshite dani yuke
However I grieve, it would be hard for you to stay; at least dry my tear-soaked sleeves before you go.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Ito ni yoru mono naranaku ni wakareji wa kokorobosoku mo omōyuru kana
Though it is nothing twisted from thread, the road of parting makes me feel as frail and thin as a thread.
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Kameyama ni iku kusuri nomi arikereba todomuru kata mo naki wakare kana
Since on Turtle Mountain there are only medicines for living, which is to say for leaving, there is no way to hold back this parting.
Shui Wakashu - Kaishū
Omou hito aru kata e yuku wakareji o oshimu kokoro zo katsu wa warinaki
Since you are going toward the one you love, my heart that grieves at this parting is, on the other hand, quite unreasonable.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kiyotada
Ikabakari omou ran to ka omou ran oite wakaruru tōki wakare o
Do you think of how deeply I must be feeling it—this distant parting, as I go away in my old age?
Shui Wakashu - Kiyohara no Motosuke
Kimi wa yoshi yukusue tōshi tomaru mi no matsu hodo ikaga aran to su ran
You are fine, with a long road still ahead of you; but how will it go with me, who stays behind and waits for your return?
Shui Wakashu - Minamoto no Mitsunaka
Okure ite waga koi oreba shirakumo no tanabiku yama o kyō ya koyu ran
While I stay behind and long for you, are you crossing today the mountain where the white clouds trail?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Inochi o zo ika naramu to wa omoikoshi ikite wakaruru yo ni koso arikere
I had worried only over what would become of my life; but this, I find, is a world where we must part while still alive.
Shui Wakashu - Uemon