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Mikumano no ura no hamayū iwazu to mo omou kokoro no kazu o shiranamu
Like the many-layered leaves of the crinum lilies on the bay of Kumano, though I say nothing, I wish you would know how many are my longings.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Toshi fu to mo oto ni wa tateji Otowagawa shita yuku mizu no shita no omoi o
Though years go by, I will never voice the longing deep within me, like the water flowing beneath the surface of the Otowa River.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Fuji no ne no keburi mo sora ni tatsu mono o nado ka omoi no shita ni moyuramu
Even the smoke from the peak of Fuji rises into the sky for all to see; why, then, does the fire of my longing burn only hidden within?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Shirayama no furite tsumoreru yuki nareba shita koso kiyure ue wa tsurenashi
The snow on Shirayama has fallen and piled up through the years; beneath, it melts away, but on the surface it stays cold and unmoved.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Ashinoya no Nada no shioyaki ware nare ya yoru wa sugara ni kuyuri waburamu
Am I the salt-burner on the shore of Ashinoya, that all night long I smolder in my grief?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Iseshima ya Ichishi no ama no sutegoromo au koto nami ni kuchi ya hatenamu
Like the robe a fisher cast off on the shore of Ichishi in Ise, rotting in the waves, shall I wither away with never a meeting?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Azumaji no michinooku naru Shirakawa no sekiaenu sode o moru namida kana
Like the barrier at Shirakawa, far along the Eastern Road in Michinoku, my sleeves cannot hold back the tears that spill through them.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Namida koso yukue mo shiranu Miwa no saki Sano no watari no ame no yūgure
My tears flow on, knowing not where they go: at the Sano crossing on Cape Miwa, in the rain at dusk.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Hito shirezu omoeba kurushi Takekuma no matsu to wa mataji mateba subenashi
Loving in secret is painful. Like the pine of Takekuma whose name means waiting, I will wait no more, for waiting does no good.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Karagoromo Kinare no sato ni kimi o okite shima matsu no ki no mateba kurushi mo
Having left you in the village of Kinare, I wait like the pine on the island, and the waiting is painful.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Waga seko o Matsuchi no yama no kuzukazura tamasaka ni dani kuru yoshi mogana
Like the arrowroot vine on Mount Matsuchi, whose name means waiting for my love, I would draw you to me; if only there were some way for you to come, even now and then.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Shinobuyama shita yuku mizu no toshi o hete waki koso kaere au yoshi o nami
Like the water flowing beneath Mount Shinobu, through all the years my longing wells and churns within, for there is no way to meet.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Kokoro o shi Shinobu no sato ni okitaraba Abukumagawa wa mimaku chikakemu
If I were to leave my heart in the village of Shinobu, where one loves in secret, then the Abukuma River, whose name means meeting, would be near at hand to see.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Kumo no iru Yoshino no take ni furu yuki no tsumori tsumorite haru ni ainikeri
Like the snow falling on the cloud-wrapped peaks of Yoshino, piling and piling up until it meets the spring, my longing has gathered until at last I have met you.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Kakute nomi Ariso no ura no aritsutsu mo au yo mo araba nani ka uramimu
Even if it goes on like this, if I can linger on like the bay of Ariso and there comes a night when we meet, what would I have to resent?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Shiranami no isokoseji naru Notosegawa nochi mo aimimu mio shi taezuba
O Notose River, by the road where white waves surge over the rocks: we shall meet again hereafter, if only the current of the stream, and my life, do not run out.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo