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- Manyoshu
Isonokami Furu no yama naru sugimura no omoisugubeki kimi ni aranaku ni
Like the cedars standing thick on Mount Furu at Isonokami—but you are not one who could pass from my thoughts.
Manyoshu - Princess Nyū
Komoriku no Hatsuse otome ga te ni makeru tama wa midarete ari to iwazu ya mo
The jewels the maiden of Hatsuse wore upon her wrist—do they not say that they now lie scattered?
Manyoshu - Prince Yamakuma
Kawakaze no samuki Hatsuse o nagekitsutsu kimi ga aruku ni niru hito mo ae ya
As you walk in grief through Hatsuse, where the river wind blows cold, if only you might meet someone who resembles the one you have lost.
Manyoshu - Prince Yamakuma
Kusamakura tabi no yadori ni ta ga tsuma ka kuni wasuretaru ie matamaku ni
Whose husband is this, lying at a halt on his journey as though he had forgotten his homeland—while at home they must be waiting for him?
Manyoshu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Momo tarazu yasokumasaka ni tamuke seba suginishi hito ni kedashi awamu kamo
If I make an offering on the slope of eighty bends, might I perhaps meet again the one who has passed away?
Manyoshu - Osakabe no Tarumaro
Komoriku no Hatsuse no yama no yama no ma ni isayou kumo wa imo ni ka mo aramu
The cloud that hangs hesitating between the peaks of Mount Hatsuse—could that be the girl?
Manyoshu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Yama no ma yu Izumo no kora wa kiri nare ya Yoshino no yama no mine ni tanabiku
The Izumo girl, whose name means clouds rising between the hills—has she turned to mist, trailing over the peaks of the Yoshino mountains?
Manyoshu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Yakumo sasu Izumo no kora ga kurokami wa Yoshino no kawa no oki ni nazusau
The black hair of the Izumo girl floats and drifts out in the middle of the Yoshino River.
Manyoshu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Ware mo mitsu hito ni mo tsugemu Katsushika no Mama no Tegona ga okutsukidokoro
I too have seen it, and I will tell others of it—the resting place of Tegona of Mama in Katsushika.
Manyoshu - Yamabe no Akahito
Katsushika no Mama no irie ni uchinabiku tamamo karikemu Tegona shi omooyu
Seeing the fine seaweed swaying in the inlet of Mama in Katsushika, I think of Tegona, who must once have gathered it here.
Manyoshu - Yamabe no Akahito
Kazahaya no Miho no urami no shiratsutsuji miredomo sabushi naki hito omoeba
The white azaleas on the windswept shore of Miho—even as I look at them, I feel desolate, thinking of the one who has died.
Manyoshu - Kawabe no Miyahito
Mitsumitsushi Kume no wakugo ga ifurekemu iso no kusane no karemaku oshi mo
The grasses on the rocky shore that Kume's young lord must once have touched—how sad that they should wither!
Manyoshu - Kawabe no Miyahito
Hitogoto no shigeki kono koro tama naraba te ni makimochite koizu aramashi o
These days, with people's gossip so thick, if only you were a jewel—I would wind you about my wrist and never need to long for you.
Manyoshu - Kawabe no Miyahito
Imo mo are mo Kiyomi no kawa no kawagishi no imo ga kuyubeki kokoro wa motaji
My love and I are pure as the river of Kiyomi; as its banks may crumble, so might she come to regret—but I will never hold a heart that would give her cause.
Manyoshu - Kawabe no Miyahito
Utsukushiki hito no makiteshi shikitae no waga tamakura o maku hito arame ya
My arm, on which my beloved used to rest her head—will there ever be another to pillow on it?
Manyoshu - Ōtomo no Tabito
Kaerubeku toki wa narikeri miyako nite ta ga tamoto o ka waga makurakamu
The time has come for me to return—but in the capital, whose arm shall I pillow my head upon?
Manyoshu - Ōtomo no Tabito