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- Manyoshu
Ashihiki no yama ni oitaru suga no ne no nemokoro mimaku hoshiki kimi kamo
Like the roots of the sedge growing on the mountain, deep and tangled, so heartfelt is my wish to see you, my lord.
Manyoshu - Yo no Myōgun
Ikite araba mimaku mo shirazu nani shi ka mo shinamu yo imo to ime ni mietsuru
If we stay alive we may yet meet again, so why did you appear in my dream saying, "I will die, my love"?
Manyoshu - Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Ōiratsume
Masurao mo kaku koikeru o tawayame no kouru kokoro ni tagui arame ya mo
If even a stalwart man like you longs so deeply, could anything compare with the longing heart of a tender woman?
Manyoshu - Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Ōiratsume
Tsukikusa no utsuroiyasuku omoe kamo waga omou hito no koto mo tsugekonu
Does he think my heart as quick to fade as the dye of the dayflower, that the one I love sends me not even a word?
Manyoshu - Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Ōiratsume
Kasugayama asa tatsu kumo no inu hi naku mimaku no hoshiki kimi ni mo aru kamo
As the morning clouds never fail a single day to rest on Mount Kasuga, so there is no day I do not long to see you.
Manyoshu - Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Ōiratsume
Idete inamu toki shi wa aramu o kotosara ni tsumagoi shitsutsu tachite inubeshi ya
Surely there will be another time for you to leave; must you get up and go just now, so pointedly longing for your wife?
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Aimizu wa koizu aramashi o imo o mite motona kaku nomi koiba ika ni semu
Had I never met you, I would not have had to long for you; but having seen you, if I go on longing like this for no reason, what am I to do?
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Waga katami mitsutsu shinowase aratama no toshi no o nagaku ware mo shinowamu
Look at this keepsake of mine and remember me; and I too will remember you through the long thread of the years.
Manyoshu - Lady Kasa
Shiratori no tobayama matsu no machitsutsu zo aga koiwataru kono tsukigoro o
Like the pines on Mount Toba, where white birds fly, I wait for you, longing on and on through these many months.
Manyoshu - Lady Kasa
Koromode o uchimi no sato ni aru ware o shira ni zo hito wa matedo kozukeru
Not knowing that I live in the village of Uchimi, he has not come, however long I have waited.
Manyoshu - Lady Kasa
Aratama no toshi no henureba ima shi wa to yume yo waga seko waga na norasu na
Though the years have passed, do not think that it no longer matters now; never, my love, speak my name to anyone.
Manyoshu - Lady Kasa
Waga omoi o hito ni shirure ka tamakushige hiraki aketsu to ime ni shi miyuru
Has my love become known to others? I dreamed that I had opened my jeweled comb-box.
Manyoshu - Lady Kasa
Yami no yo ni naku naru tazu no yoso nomi ni kikitsutsu ka aramu au to wa nashi ni
Like cranes crying unseen in the dark of night, shall I only hear of you from afar, without ever meeting you?
Manyoshu - Lady Kasa
Kimi ni koi ita mo sube nami narayama no komatsu ga shita ni tachinageku kamo
Longing for you, and utterly helpless, I stand beneath the little pines on Mount Nara and sigh.
Manyoshu - Lady Kasa
Waga yado no yūkagekusa no shiratsuyu no kenu gani motona omōyuru kamo
Like the white dew on the grass in the evening shadows of my garden, so helplessly do I think of you that I feel I could fade away.
Manyoshu - Lady Kasa
Waga inochi no matakemu kagiri wasureme ya iya hi ni ke ni wa omoi masu tomo
As long as my life lasts, how could I forget you? My longing will only grow greater day by day.
Manyoshu - Lady Kasa