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- Shui Wakashu
Kawagishi no odori oru beki tokoro araba uki ni shini senu mi wa nagete mashi
If there were a place on the riverbank where I could leap down, I would cast in this body that does not die even of its sorrows.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukemi
Momijiba ni koromo no iro wa shiminikeri aki no yama kara megurikoshi ma ni
The color of my robe has been dyed by the autumn leaves, in the time I spent wandering back from the autumn mountains.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukemi
Nani to ka ya kuki no sugata wa omōete ayashiku hana no na koso wasurure
What was it called? I remember the shape of its stem, yet strangely, it is the flower's name I forget.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukemi
Waga kokoro ayashiku ada ni haru kureba hana ni tsuku mi to nadote nariken
My heart grows strangely fickle when spring comes; why have I become one who so clings to the flowers?
Shui Wakashu - Ōtomo no Kuronushi
Saku hana ni omoitsuku mi no ajikinasa mi ni itatsuki no iru mo shirazute
How futile it is, this self of mine that has given its heart to the blooming flowers, not knowing that sickness has crept into the body!
Shui Wakashu - Ōtomo no Kuronushi
Naniwazu wa kurame ni nomi zo fune wa tsuku ashita no kaze no sadame nakereba
At Naniwa harbor the boats come in only after dark, for the morning wind is never settled.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukemi
Miyoshino mo wakana tsumu ran wagimoko ga hibara kasumite hikazu henureba
In Yoshino, too, they must be picking young greens, for the cypress moor where my beloved lives lies in haze and many days have passed.
Shui Wakashu - Kiyohara no Motosuke
Ashiginu wa sake karamite zo hito wa kiru hiro ya taranu to omou naru beshi
People wear coarse silk by twisting together its torn parts; they must think it is not long enough.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukemi
Kumo mayoi hoshi no ayuku to mietsuru wa hotaru no sora ni tobu ni zo arikeru
What looked like stars moving as they wandered among the clouds was, in fact, fireflies flying through the sky.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukemi
Hashitaka no okie ni sen to kamaetaru oshi ayukasu na nezumi toru beku
Do not push and shake what I set out as bait to lure the sparrow hawk, so that a rat may be caught.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukemi
Wagimoko ga mi o suteshi yori sarusawa no ike no tsutsumi ya kimi wa koishiki
Ever since your beloved threw herself away, is it the bank of Sarusawa Pond that you long for?
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukemi
Kono ie wa uru ka irite mo mite shi gana aruji nagara mo kawan to zo omou
Is this house for sale? I would like to go inside and see it; I am thinking I would buy it, master and all.
Shui Wakashu - Minamoto no Shigeyuki
Azuma nite yashinawaretaru hito no ko wa shita tamite koso mono wa iikere
A child raised in the eastern provinces speaks with a tongue thick with a country accent.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Harukaze no kesa hayakereba uguisu no hana no koromo mo hokorobinikeri
Because the spring wind blows so hard this morning, the warbler's robe of blossoms too has come apart at the seams.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kasumi wake ima kari kaeru mono naraba aki kuru made wa koi ya wataran
If the wild geese are now returning, parting the haze, shall I go on longing for them until autumn comes again?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Omou dochi tokoro mo kaezu sumihenan tachi hanarenaba koishikaru beshi
Dear friends, let us go on living together without changing our dwelling; if we were to part, we would surely long for one another.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukemi