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- Shui Wakashu
Mukashi mishi iki no matsubara koto towaba wasurenu hito mo ari to kotae yo
If the pine grove of Iki, which I saw long ago, should ask after me, tell it that there is one who has not forgotten.
Shui Wakashu - Tachibana no Yorihira
Takekuma no matsu o mitsutsu ya nagusamen kimi ga chitose no kage ni naraite
Shall I console myself gazing at the pine of Takekuma, having grown so used to the shade of your thousand-year protection?
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tamenobu
Tayori araba ika de miyako e tsugeyaran kyō shirakawa no seki wa koenu to
If there were any means, how I would somehow send word to the capital that today I crossed the Shirakawa Barrier.
Shui Wakashu - Taira no Kanemori
Azumaji no ko no shitakuraku nariyukaba miyako no tsuki o koizarame ya wa
As you go along the eastern road and it grows dark beneath the trees, how could you not long for the moon of the capital?
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kintō
Tabi yukaba sode koso nurure moruyama no shizuku ni nomi wa ōsezaranan
When one travels, one's sleeves grow wet; do not blame it all on the drops that drip on Moru Mountain.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Shio miteru hodo ni yukikau tabibito ya hamana no hashi to nazuke someken
Was it travelers crossing back and forth as the tide came in who first named this the Bridge of Hamana, since the beach was gone?
Shui Wakashu - Taira no Kanemori
Ame ni yori tamino no shima o wakeyukedo na ni wa kakurenu mono ni zo arikeru
Because of the rain I push my way across the island of Tamino, "rice-straw raincoat," yet I find there is no hiding from a name, for this is Naniwa.
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Hototogisu negura nagara no koe kikeba kusa no makura zo tsuyukekarikeru
When I hear the cuckoo calling while still on its roost, my traveler's pillow of grass is wet with dew.
Shui Wakashu - Ise
Kusamakura ware nomi narazu karigane mo tabi no sora ni zo nakiwataru naru
I am not the only one sleeping on a pillow of grass; the wild geese, too, seem to be crying as they cross the sky of their journey.
Shui Wakashu - Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Kimi o nomi koitsutsu tabi no kusamakura tsuyu shigekaranu akatsuki zo naki
Longing only for you as I sleep on a pillow of grass on my journey, there is no dawn when the dew does not lie thick.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Harukanaru tabi no sora ni mo okureneba urayamashiki wa aki no yo no tsuki
It never falls behind, even across the sky of a distant journey—how I envy the moon of this autumn night.
Shui Wakashu - Taira no Kanemori
Ominaeshi ware ni yado kase inamino no ina to iu tomo koko o sugime ya
Maidenflower, lend me lodging. Even if you say "no," as the name of Inami Moor suggests, how could I pass by this place?
Shui Wakashu - Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Funaji ni wa kusa no makura mo musubaneba oki nagara koso yume mo miekere
On a voyage by ship I cannot bind a pillow of grass, so it is while awake out on the open sea that I see my dreams.
Shui Wakashu - Minamoto no Shigeyuki
Omoide mo naki furusato no yama naredo kakureyuku hata aware narikeri
Though these are the mountains of a home that holds no fond memories for me, as they disappear from sight, it is, after all, deeply sad.
Shui Wakashu - Yuge no Yoshitoki
Kimi ga sumu yado no kozue no yukuyuku to kakururu made ni kaerimishi wa ya
As I went on my way, I kept turning back to look at the treetops over the house where you live, until they were hidden from sight.
Shui Wakashu - Sugawara no Michizane
Nami no ue ni mieshi kojima no shimagakure yuku sora mo nashi kimi ni wakarete
Like the little island I saw above the waves, now hidden behind other isles, I do not know where my sky will lead, now that I have parted from you.
Shui Wakashu - Kasa no Kanaoka