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Koke fukaki ishima o tsutau yamamizu no oto koso tatene toshi wa henikeri
Like mountain water trickling silently between moss-deep stones, I have never raised a sound, yet years have passed in my secret longing.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Morashi wabinu shinobu no oku no yama fukami kogakurete yuku tanigawa no mizu
I cannot bring myself to let my love be known; it is like the valley stream that flows hidden among the trees in the deep mountains of far Shinobu.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Sore o dani omou koto tote chihayaburu kami no yashiro ni neganu hi wa nashi
That at least is the one thing I long for; there is not a day I do not pray for it at the shrine of the mighty gods.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Yoso nite mo arubeki mono o nakanaka ni nani shika hito ni mutsuresomekemu
I could have stayed a stranger, far apart; why, then, did I foolishly begin to grow close to the one I love?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Toyokuni no Kiku no Nagahama yume ni dani mada minu hito ni koi ya wataramu
Like the long beach of Kiku in the land of Toyo, shall I go on and on longing for one I have never seen even in my dreams?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Ōaraki no Ukita no mori ni hiku shime no uchihaete nomi koi ya wataramu
Like the sacred rope stretched long in the grove of Ukita at Ōaraki, shall I go on longing, drawn out so long?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Isonokami Furu no takahashi furinu to mo mototsu hito ni wa koi ya wataramu
Though the high bridge at Furu in Isonokami may grow old, shall I go on longing still for the one I loved long ago?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Awajishima kayou chidori no shibashiba mo hane kaku manaku koi ya wataramu
Like the plovers flying back and forth to Awaji Island, beating their wings again and again without rest, shall I go on longing without pause?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Naniwagata ura yori ochi ni naku tazu no yoso ni kikitsutsu koi ya wataramu
Like hearing the cranes cry far beyond the bay of Naniwa, shall I go on longing, hearing of you only from afar?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Amagoromo Tamino no shima ni naku tazu no koe kikishi yori wasurekanetsu mo
Ever since I heard the voice of the crane crying on Tamino Island, I have been unable to forget.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Suma no ura ni ama no tomoseru isaribi no honoka ni hito o miru yoshi mogana
Like the fishing fires the fisherfolk light on the bay of Suma, glimpsed faintly, if only I had some way to see you, however faintly.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Ōsaka no sekiya mo izura Yamashiro no Otowa no taki no oto ni kikitsutsu
Where is the barrier house at Ōsaka, the Slope of Meeting? Like the sound of Otowa Falls in Yamashiro, I hear of you only by report.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Hirosegawa sode tsuku bakari asakeredo ware wa fukamete omoisometeki
The Hirose River is shallow, only deep enough to wet a sleeve, but I have begun to love you deeply.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Kamiyama no yamashitamizu no wakikaeri iwade mono omou ware zo kanashiki
Like the waters at the foot of Kamiyama seething and churning, my longing wells within, yet I brood without a word, and how sorrowful I am.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Okuyama no iwagaki numa ni konoha ochite shizumeru kokoro hito shirurame ya
Like the leaves that fall into the rock-walled marsh deep in the mountains and sink, my heart has sunk; could anyone know of it? Surely not.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Yamashiro no Iwata no mori no iwazu to mo aki no kozue wa shiruku ya aruramu
Like the grove of Iwata in Yamashiro, though I say nothing, is my love as plain to see as the reddened treetops of autumn?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo