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- Kokin Wakashu
Chidori naku Saho no kawagiri tachinurashi
yama no ko no ha mo iro masariyuku
The plovers are calling, and mist must be rising over the Saho River; even the leaves upon the hills are deepening in color.
Kokin Wakashu - Mibu no Tadamine
Aki kuredo iro mo kawaranu Tokiwayama
yoso no momiji o kaze zo kashikeru
Autumn has come, yet on Mount Tokiwa the leaves remain unchanged in color; the wind must be borrowing autumn foliage from other mountains.
Kokin Wakashu - Sakanoue no Koreyuki
Shirayuki no furishiku toki wa Miyoshino no
yamashitakaze ni hana zo chirikeru
When the white snow falls thick and without cease, it seems as though flowers are being scattered by the wind blowing down from the slopes of Yoshino Mountain.
Kokin Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Mine takaki Kasuga no yama ni izuru hi wa
kumoru toki naku terasu beranari
The sun that rises over lofty Mount Kasuga will surely shine upon the world without ever being clouded.
Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Yoruka
Tachiwakare Inaba no yama no mine ni ouru
matsu to shi kikaba ima kaerimu
Though we part here and I depart, if I hear that you are waiting for my return like the pine trees growing on the peaks of Mount Inaba, I will come back at once.
Kokin Wakashu - Ariwara no Yukihira
Sugaru naku aki no hagihara asa tachite
tabi yuku hito o itsu to ka matamu
As the digger wasps cry in the autumn bush clover fields, you depart on your journey at dawn. I will wait, wondering when you will return.
Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kagiri naki kumoi no yoso ni wakaru tomo
hito o kokoro ni okuramu ya wa
Though we part for a place as distant as the boundless heavens, I could never leave thoughts of you behind. I will not forget you.
Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Tarachine no oya no mamori to aisouru
kokoro bakari wa seki na todome so
As a mother's protection, let at least my heart, which goes with my child, not be stopped by the barriers along the road.
Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet