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- Senzai Wakashu
Harubaru to Tsumori no oki o kogiyukeba kishi no matsukaze tōzakaru nari
As I row far out past the offing of Tsumori, I hear the wind in the shore pines fading into the distance.
Senzai Wakashu - Kujō Kanezane
Wata no hara shioji haruka ni miwataseba kumo to nami to wa hitotsu narikeri
Gazing far out over the sea lanes of the wide ocean, I find that clouds and waves have merged into one.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Yorisuke
Aware naru Nojima ga saki no iori kana tsuyu oku sode ni nami mo kakekeri
How deeply moving is this rough hut on the Cape of Nojima! On my sleeves already wet with dew, the waves too have splashed.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Shunzei
Yoshi saraba iso no tomaya ni tabine sen nami kakezu tote nurenu sode ka wa
Very well, then, I will sleep in a rush-thatched hut by the shore; are my sleeves ever dry just because no waves wash over them? They are wet with tears all the same.
Senzai Wakashu - Cloistered Prince Shukaku
Tabi no yo ni mata tabine shite kusamakura yume no uchi ni mo yume o miru kana
In this world that is itself a journey, I travel once more and sleep on a pillow of grass, and within the dream of this life I dream yet another dream.
Senzai Wakashu - Jien
Kusamakura karine no yume ni ikutabi ka nareshi miyako ni yukikaeru ran
In the dreams of my brief sleep on a pillow of grass, how many times must I go back and forth to the capital I know so well?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Takafusa
Itsu mo kaku ariake no tsuki no akegata wa mono ya kanashiki Suma no sekimori
Is it always like this? When dawn breaks with the moon still lingering in the sky, are you filled with sorrow, O guard of the Suma Barrier?
Senzai Wakashu - Kenkaku
Tabine suru Suma no uraji no sayo chidori koe koso sode no nami wa kakekere
O plovers crying in the night along the shores of Suma where I sleep on my journey, it is your voices that send waves of tears over my sleeves.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Ietaka
Kaku shitsutsu tsui ni tomaramu yomogiu no omoishiraruru kusamakura kana
Going on like this, I will at last come to rest in a field overgrown with mugwort—this is what my pillow of grass makes me realize.
Senzai Wakashu - Engen
Tabine suru ko no shitatsuyu no sode ni mata shigure furu nari Sayo no Nakayama
On my sleeves, already wet with dew from the trees under which I sleep on my journey, I hear the showers falling too, here on the pass of Sayo no Nakayama.
Senzai Wakashu - Kakuben
Tabine suru iori o suguru murashigure nagori made koso sode wa nurekere
The fitful showers pass over the hut where I sleep on my journey, yet even after they have gone, my sleeves remain wet.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Suketada
Arare moru Fuwa no sekiya ni tabine shite yume o mo e koso tōsazarikere
Sleeping on my journey in the barrier hut at Fuwa, where the hail leaks through, I found it would not let even my dreams pass through.
Senzai Wakashu - Ōnakatomi no Chikamori
Kaku bakari ukimi no hodo mo wasurarete nao koishiki wa miyako narikeri
I even forget how wretched my circumstances are, for still, what I long for above all is the capital.
Senzai Wakashu - Taira no Yasuyori
Satsumagata oki no kojima ni ware ari to oya ni wa tsuge yo yae no shiokaze
Tell my parents that I am alive on a little island off the coast of Satsuma, O sea winds blowing over the countless tides.
Senzai Wakashu - Taira no Yasuyori
Azumaji mo toshi mo sue ni ya narinu ran yuki furinikeri Shirakawa no seki
Has the eastern road come to its end, and the year to its close as well? Snow has fallen on the Shirakawa Barrier.
Senzai Wakashu - Inshō
Iwane fumi mine no shiishiba orishikite kumo ni yado karu yūgure no sora
Treading over the rocks, I break and spread the shii oak twigs on the peak for my bed, and borrow lodging from the clouds in the evening sky.
Senzai Wakashu - Jakuren