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- Kokin Wakashu
Utatane ni koishiki hito o miteshi yori yume chō mono wa tanomisometeki
Ever since I saw the one I long for in a dream while dozing, I have begun to place my hopes in dreams.
Kokin Wakashu - Ono no Komachi
Ito semete koishiki toki wa mubatama no yoru no koromo o kaeshite zo kiru
When I long for him so desperately that I can hardly bear it, I wear my nightclothes turned inside out as I sleep.
Kokin Wakashu - Ono no Komachi
Akikaze no mi ni samukereba tsure mo naki hito o zo tanomu kururu yogoto ni
Because the autumn wind chills me to the bone, I find myself placing my hopes in someone who cares nothing for me, every night as darkness falls.
Kokin Wakashu - Sosei Hoshi
Tsutsumedomo sode ni tamaranu shiratama wa hito o minu me no namida narikeri
Though I try to wrap them up, these white pearls will not stay within my sleeve; they are the tears of my eyes, which cannot see you.
Kokin Wakashu - Abe no Kiyoyuki
Orokanaru namida zo sode ni tama wa nasu ware wa sekiaezu tagitsu se nareba
Tears that gather into pearls on a sleeve are only shallow ones. Mine cannot be held back at all, for they are a raging torrent.
Kokin Wakashu - Ono no Komachi
Koiwabite uchinuru naka ni yukikayou yume no tadaji wa utsutsu naranamu
Worn out with longing, I drift into sleep, and in that brief time I travel the straight road of dreams to you. If only that road were real.
Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Toshiyuki
Suminoe no kishi ni yoru nami yoru sae ya yume no kayoiji hitome yokuramu
Like the waves that draw near the shore at Suminoe, you draw near only by night, yet even then, on the road of dreams, do you still avoid the eyes of others?
Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Toshiyuki
Waga koi wa miyamagakure no kusa nare ya shigesa masaredo shiru hito no naki
Is my love like grass hidden deep in the mountains? It grows ever thicker, yet no one knows of it.
Kokin Wakashu - Ono no Yoshizai
Yoi no ma mo hakanaku miyuru natsumushi ni mayoi masareru koi mo suru kana
Even more than the summer moths, which seem so fragile they do not last the evening, I am lost and bewildered in the love I now feel.
Kokin Wakashu - Ki no Tomonori
Yū sareba hotaru yori ke ni moyuredomo hikari mineba ya hito no tsurenaki
When evening comes I burn with love more fiercely than the fireflies, yet perhaps because she cannot see the light, she remains cold to me.
Kokin Wakashu - Ki no Tomonori
Sasa no ha ni oku shimo yori mo hitori nuru waga koromode zo saemasarikeru
Colder even than the frost that settles on the bamboo leaves are the sleeves of my robe as I sleep alone.
Kokin Wakashu - Ki no Tomonori
Waga yado no kiku no kakine ni oku shimo no kiekaerite zo koishikarikeru
Like the frost that settles on the chrysanthemum hedge at my house and melts away, I feel as if I am vanishing, so much do I long for you.
Kokin Wakashu - Ki no Tomonori
Kawa no se ni nabiku tamamo no migakurete hito ni shirarenu koi mo suru kana
Like the lovely water weeds that sway in the river rapids, hidden beneath the surface, I am in a love that no one knows about.
Kokin Wakashu - Ki no Tomonori
Kakikurashi furu shirayuki no shitagie ni kiete mono omou koro ni mo aru kana
Like the white snow that darkens the sky as it falls and melts away from beneath, I am wasting away inside, lost in longing, these days.
Kokin Wakashu - Mibu no Tadamine
Kimi kouru namida no toko ni michinureba miotsukushi to zo ware wa narinuru
The tears I weep in longing for you have filled my bed like a sea, and I have become a channel marker standing in it, wholly spent for your sake.
Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Okikaze
Shinuru inochi iki mo ya suru to kokoromi ni tama no o bakari awamu to iwanamu
My life, now dying of love, might perhaps come back. So just as a trial, tell me you will meet me, even for the briefest moment.
Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Okikaze