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- Shui Wakashu
Taki no ito wa taete hisashiku narinuredo na koso nagarete nao kikoekere
Long ago the threads of the waterfall ceased to flow, yet its name has flowed on through the world and is heard even now.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kintō
Ōzora o nagame zo kurasu fuku kaze no oto wa suredomo me ni mo mieneba
I spend the whole day gazing at the wide sky, for though I hear the sound of the blowing wind, it cannot be seen with the eye.
Shui Wakashu - Oshikochi no Mitsune
Koto no ne ni mine no matsukaze kayou rashi izure no o yori shirabe someken
The wind in the pines on the peak seems to blend with the sound of the koto. From which string, from which ridge, did this melody first begin?
Shui Wakashu - Princess Kishi
Matsukaze no oto ni midaruru koto no ne o hikeba ne no hi no kokochi koso sure
As I play the koto whose notes mingle with the sound of the wind in the pines, I feel as though I were pulling up young pines on the Day of the Rat.
Shui Wakashu - Princess Kishi
Onoe naru matsu no kozue wa uchinabiki nami no koe ni zo kaze mo fukikeru
The treetops of the pines on the summit bend low, and the wind too blows with a voice like the sound of the waves.
Shui Wakashu - Mibu no Tadami
Ame furu to fuku matsukaze wa kikoyuredo ike no migiwa wa masarazarikeri
The wind in the pines sounds as though rain were falling, yet the water at the edge of the pond does not rise at all.
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Ōigawa kawabe no matsu ni koto towamu kakaru miyuki ya arishi mukashi mo
I will ask the pines along the bank of the Ōi River: was there ever such a splendid imperial excursion in the days of old?
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Oto ni nomi kikiwataritsuru Sumiyoshi no matsu no chitose o kyō mitsuru kana
The thousand-year pines of Sumiyoshi, which I had long known only by report, today at last I have seen with my own eyes.
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Umi ni nomi hichitaru matsu no fukamidori ikushio to ka wa shirubekaru ran
The deep green of the pines steeped only in the sea—how many times they have been dyed, how many tides they have soaked in, who could ever know?
Shui Wakashu - Ise
Watatsumi no nami ni mo nurenu Ukishima no matsu ni kokoro o yosete tanoman
To the pines of the Floating Isle, which the waves of the great sea never wet, I will turn my heart and place my trust in them.
Shui Wakashu - Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Kako no shima matsubara goshi ni naku tazu no ana naganagashi kiku hito nashi ni
The crane crying beyond the pine grove on Kako Island—ah, how long its call goes on, though there is no one to hear it.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Ikade nao waga mi ni kaete Takekuma no matsu to mo naramu yuku hito no tame
Somehow, even so, I would give up this body of mine to become a pine of Takekuma, for the sake of the one who goes there.
Shui Wakashu - Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Yukusue no shirushi bakari ni nokoru beki matsu sae itaku oinikeru kana
Even the pine that should remain as the only token for the ages to come has grown terribly old.
Shui Wakashu - Minamoto no Michinari
Yo no naka o Sumiyoshi to shimo omowanu ni nani o matsu tote waga mi henu ran
Though I never thought this world a good place to live, what have I been waiting for, like the pines of Sumiyoshi, that I have let the years pass by?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Itazura ni yo ni furu mono to Takasago no matsu mo ware o ya tomo to miru ran
As one who has passed his years in vain and grown old in this world, does the pine of Takasago too look upon me as a companion?
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Yo to tomo ni Akashi no ura no matsubara wa nami o nomi koso yoru to shiru rame
The pine grove on the ever-bright shore of Akashi knows no night; it must think that "night" means only the drawing in of the waves.
Shui Wakashu - Minamoto no Tamenori