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- Senzai Wakashu
Kanashisa ni soete mo mono no kanashiki wa wakare no uchi no wakare narikeri
Added to my sorrow, what is sadder still is this parting that has come within our parting from the dead.
Senzai Wakashu - Koben no Myōki
Ukimono no sasuga ni oshiki kotoshi kana tōzakarinan kimi ga wakare ni
It has been a year of sorrow, yet still I am loath to see it end, for with it our parting from you who are gone will grow more distant.
Senzai Wakashu - Senji of the Former Empress
Kanashisa wa itodo zo masaru wakarenishi kotoshi mo kyō o kagiri to omoeba
My sorrow grows deeper still, when I think that this year in which we parted from them ends today.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Nagaie
Izukata no kumoji to shiraba tazunemashi tsura hanareken kari ga yukue o
If only I knew which cloud path it had taken, I would go and seek out where it has gone, that wild goose that strayed from its line.
Senzai Wakashu - Murasaki Shikibu
Toshi o hete kimi ga minareshi masukagami mukashi no kage wa tomarazarikeri
Clear mirror that my father gazed into for so many years, the image of those days has not stayed in you.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Michinobu
Tsune yori mo mata nuresoishi tamoto kana mukashi o kakete ochishi namida ni
My sleeves are wetter than ever, soaked once more with tears that fell as I thought back on days long past.
Senzai Wakashu - Akazome Emon
Utsutsu to mo omoiwakarede suguru ma ni mishi yo no yume o nani katariken
While I pass my days unable to tell whether this is even real, why did I speak of the dream of the world I once knew?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Shōshi
Miyako e to omou ni tsukete kanashiki wa tare ka wa ima wa ware o matsuran
What saddens me as I think of returning to the capital is this: who is there now to wait for me? No one.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Sanemoto
Morotomo ni haru no hana o ba mishi mono o hito ni okururu aki zo kanashiki
In spring I viewed the blossoms with you all, yet now how sad this autumn is, when I am left behind.
Senzai Wakashu - Taira no Masayasu
Hana to mishi hito wa hodo naku chirinikeri waga mi mo kaze o matsu to shiranan
The one I saw as a flower scattered all too soon. Know that I too am only waiting for the wind.
Senzai Wakashu - Oe no Masafusa
Kawaku ma mo naki sumizome no tamoto kana kuchinaba nani o katami ni mo sen
My ink-black mourning sleeves never have a moment to dry. If they rot away, what shall I keep to remember him by?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Akitsuna
Sumizome no tamoto ni kakaru ne o mireba ayame mo shiranu namida narikeri
When I look at the sweet flag roots hanging on my ink-black mourning sleeves, I find they are tears shed with sobbing, knowing neither the festival nor any sense of order.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Toshitada
Ayamegusa ukine o mite mo namida nomi kakuran sode o omoi koso yare
Even seeing the floating roots of the sweet flag, I think of your sorrowful weeping and picture your sleeves, wet with nothing but tears.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Kunizane
Omoiyare munashiki toko o uchiharai mukashi o shinobu sode no shizuku o
Imagine, I beg you, the tears on my sleeves as I brush off the empty bed and long for days gone by.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Mototoshi
Mune ni mitsu omoi o dani mo harukasade keburi to naramu koto zo kanashiki
How sad it is that, without even being able to clear the fiery longing that fills my breast, I shall turn into smoke.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Ishi
Morotomo ni ariake no tsuki o mishi mono o ika naru yami ni kimi madouran
Together we gazed at the moon lingering at dawn, yet now in what darkness are you wandering, lost?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Arinobu