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- Shui Wakashu
Ashihiki no yama no konoha no ochikuchiba iro no oshiki zo aware narikeru
How deeply moving it is to regret the color of the fallen, decaying leaves from the trees of the mountains.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukemi
Tsu no kuni no naniwa watari ni tsukuru ta wa ashi ka nae ka to e koso miwakane
In the fields they till around Naniwa in the land of Tsu, I cannot tell whether they are reeds or rice seedlings.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukemi
Takagai no mada mo konaku ni tsunagiinu no hanarete ikamu na kuru matsu hodo
The falconer has not yet come, and the dog we tied up seems about to break loose and leave while it waits for him to arrive.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukemi
Koto zo to mo kiki dani wakazu warinaku mo hito no ikaru ka nige ya shinamashi
Without even trying to hear what the matter is, is someone so unreasonably angry with me? Perhaps I had better run away.
Shui Wakashu - Oshikochi no Mitsune
Toshi o hete kimi o nomi koso nezumitsure kotohara ni ya wa ko o ba umu beki
For years I have slept and dwelt only with you; how could I give birth to my young in another's belly?
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukemi
Hisakata no tsuki no kinu o ba kitaredomo hikari wa sowanu wagami narikeri
Though I wear a robe that bears the name of the moon, I am one on whom no light shines.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukemi
Yo to tomo ni shio yaku ama no taeseneba nagisa no ki no ha kogarete zo chiru
Since the fisherfolk who burn salt never cease through the ages, the leaves of the trees along the shore are scorched and scatter.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukemi
Uguisu no nakamu shiro ni wa ware zo naku hana no nioi ya shibashi tomaru to
In place of the warbler that should be singing, it is I who cry, hoping the beauty of the blossoms may stay a little while.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukemi
Soko e u no kawanami wakete irinuru ka matsu hodo sugite miezu mo aru kana
Has the cormorant parted the river waves and gone down into the depths? The time I have waited has passed, and still it is nowhere to be seen.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukemi
Kano kawa no mukahagi sugite fukakaraba watarade tada ni kaeru bakari zo
If that river is deeper than my shins, I will not cross but simply turn back home.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukemi
Kano e saru fune mate shibashi koto towan oki no shiranami mada tatanu ma ni
Boat leaving that inlet, wait a moment, I have something to ask you, while the white waves offshore have yet to rise.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukemi
Saoshika no tomo madowaseru koe su nari tsuma ya koishiki aki no yamabe ni
I hear a stag calling in a voice that bewilders his companions; does he long for his mate, there on the autumn hillside?
Shui Wakashu - Egyō
Hitoyo nete ushitora koso wa omoikeme uki na tatsu mi zo wabishikarikeru
After sleeping together for one night, that person must have found it wretched; and I, whose name is now spread in rumor, am the one left miserable.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Mumare yori hitsu shi tsukureba yama ni saru hitori inuru ni hito ite imase
Since I have been making chests since I was born, I am off to the mountains; as I go alone, please take someone along with me.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Akikaze no yomo no yama yori onogashishi fuku ni chirinuru momiji kanashi na
The autumn wind blows from the mountains all around, each gust in its own way, and the leaves scattered by it are so sad.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukemi
Yo ni furu ni mono omou to shimo nakeredomo tsuki ni ikutabi nagame shitsuran
Though I have lived in this world without any particular cares to brood over, how many times have I gazed at the moon, lost in thought?
Shui Wakashu - Prince Tomohira