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- Shika Wakashu
Minakami o sadametekereba kimi ga yo ni futatabi sumeru Horikawa no mizu
Because its source has been set aright, the water of the Horikawa flows clear once more under my lord's reign.
Shika Wakashu - Sone no Yoshitada
Isa ya mata tsuzuki mo shiranu takane nite mazu kuru hito ni miyako o zo tou
I cannot tell how the road goes on from this high peak; to the first person who comes along, I ask for news of the capital.
Miyako nite nagameshi tsuki no morotomo ni tabi no sora ni mo idenikeru kana
The moon I used to gaze at in the capital has come out with me, here in the sky of my journey too.
Shika Wakashu - Dōmyō
Miyako nite nagameshi tsuki o miru toki wa tabi no sora tomo oboezarikeri
When I look at the same moon I used to gaze at in the capital, it does not feel like the sky of a journey at all.
Kazakoshi no mine no ue nite miru toki wa kumo wa fumoto no mono ni zo arikeru
Looking out from the summit of Kazakoshi, I see that the clouds belong down at the mountain's foot.
Mukashi mishi Tarui no mizu wa kawaranedo utsureru kage zo toshi o henikeru
The spring water of Tarui I saw long ago is unchanged; it is my reflection in it that has grown old with the years.
Omoide mo naki furusato no yama naredo kakureyuku hata aware narikeri
They are only the hills of my old home, holding no memories for me, and yet as they disappear from view, they move me all the same.
Inishie o kouru namida ni kurasarete oboro ni miyuru aki no yo no tsuki
Clouded by the tears I shed in longing for days gone by, the autumn moon appears only dim and hazy.
Shika Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kintō
Sono koto to omowanu dani mo aru mono o nani kokochi shite tsuki o miruramu
Even those with no particular sorrow are moved when they see the moon; with what feelings, then, are you gazing at it now?
Shika Wakashu - Fujiwara no Yorimune
Yume narade mata mo au beki kimi naraba nerarenu i o mo nagekazaramashi
If you were someone I could meet again, not only in dreams, I would not grieve so over the sleep that will not come.
Omoikane nagameshikadomo Toribeyama hate wa keburi mo miezu nariniki
Unable to bear my grief, I kept gazing toward Toribe Hill, but at last even the smoke could no longer be seen.
Yūmagure ko shigeki niwa o nagametsutsu ko no ha to tomo ni otsuru namida ka
In the dimness of dusk, gazing at the garden thick with trees, my tears fall together with the leaves.
Shika Wakashu - Fujiwara no Yoshitaka
Hito shirezu mono omou koto mo arishikado kono koto bakari kanashiki wa nashi
There were times I brooded in secret over many things, but nothing has ever been as sorrowful as this.
Shika Wakashu - Aki of Ikuhomon-in
Oitatade karenu to kikishi ko no moto no ikade nageki no mori to naruramu
Beneath the young tree that I heard withered before it could grow, how has there come to be such a forest of grief?
Shika Wakashu - Kiyohara no Motosuke
Kyō yori wa Ama no kawagiri tachiwakare ikanaru sora ni awamu to suramu
From today we are parted, as the mist rises over the River of Heaven; under what sky, I wonder, shall we ever meet again?
Shika Wakashu - Kiyohara no Motosuke
Tanabata wa nochi no kyō o mo tanomuramu kokorobosoki wa waga mi narikeri
The Weaver Maid can trust that this day will come again next year; it is I alone who am left forlorn.
Shika Wakashu - Unknown Poet