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- Kinyo Wakashu
Ashine hau mizu no ue to zo omoishi o uki wa waga mi ni arikeru mono o
I thought that floating was the way of the water where the reed roots creep, but the sorrow, it turns out, lay within my own self.
Kinyo Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kinzane
Tachi nagara kitari to awaji fujigoromo nugisuteraren mi zo to omoeba
Even if you come and stay standing, I will not meet you; for I think that, like the wisteria robes of mourning, I too am bound to be cast off one day.
Ishibashiru taki no minakami hayaku yori oto ni kikitsutsu koiwataru kana
Like the swift headwaters of a waterfall rushing over rocks, from long ago I have heard of you only by rumor, and have gone on loving you all the while.
Tanomeoku koto no ha dani mo naki mono o nani ni kakareru tsuyu no inochi zo
You have left me not even a word to give me hope; on what, then, does it hang, this life of mine as fleeting as the dew?
Kasumete wa omou kokoro o shiru ya tote haru no sora ni mo makasetsuru kana
Hinting softly, wondering whether you might come to know the love in my heart, I have entrusted my feelings even to the hazy sky of spring.
Kinyo Wakashu - Ryōzen
Koiwataru hito ni misebaya matsu no ha no shitamomiji suru Ama no Hashidate
How I wish I could show the one I have long loved this sight: at Ama no Hashidate, even the evergreen pine is turning crimson on its lower boughs.
Shinonome no akeyuku sora mo kaeru ni wa namida ni kururu mono ni zo arikeru
Even the sky at daybreak, brightening into morning, turns dark with tears when I must leave for home; so it is, I have come to know.
Itodoshiku omokage ni tatsu koyoi kana tsuki o miyo tomo chigirazarishi ni
Tonight your image rises before me more vividly than ever, though we never promised each other to look at the moon and remember.
Koiwabite nenu yo tsumoreba shikitae no makura sae koso utoku narikere
Pining in love, as night after sleepless night piles up, even my pillow has become a stranger to me.
Kinyo Wakashu - Fujiwara no Akisuke
Yo to tomo ni sode no kawakanu waga koi ya Toshima ga iso ni yosuru shiranami
Is this love of mine, which never lets my sleeves dry all my life long, like the white waves forever breaking on the rocky shore of Toshima?
Kinyo Wakashu - Fujiwara no Nakazane
Au koto o koyoi to omowaba yūzukuhi iru yama no ha mo ureshikaramashi
If only I could think that tonight would be the night we meet, then even the evening sun setting behind the hills would be a joy to see.
Yama no i no iwa moru mizu ni kage mireba asamashige ni mo narinikeru kana
When I look at my reflection in the mountain spring that seeps between the rocks, how shockingly worn and wretched I have become.
Michinoku no omoi shinobu ni arinagara kokoro ni kakaru Au no Matsubara
Though I keep my love hidden, like Shinobu in far Michinoku, what weighs upon my heart is the pine grove of Au, whose name means to meet.
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Nakamasa
Omowamu to tanomeshi hito no mukashi ni mo arazu Naruto no urameshiki kana
The one who led me to trust in the words I will always love you is no longer as before; like the shores of Naruto, how bitter it is.
Kinyo Wakashu - Yoen
Kururu ma mo sadamenaki yo ni au koto o itsu tomo shirade koiwataru kana
In this uncertain world, where nothing is sure even until the day grows dark, I go on loving you, not knowing when we will ever meet.
Kinyo Wakashu - Ryūgen
Hitogokoro asasawamizu no nezeri koso koru bakari ni mo tsumamahoshikere
How shallow your heart is, like the waters of Asasawa where rooted parsley grows; I would pluck at it and pinch it until you learned your lesson.