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- Manyoshu
Shirotae no sode wakarubeki hi o chikami kokoro ni musei ne nomi shi nakayu
Because the day draws near when our white sleeves must part, I choke with sobs within and cannot help but weep aloud.
Manyoshu - Ki no Iratsume
Masurao no omoiwabitsutsu tabi maneku nageku nageki o owanu mono kamo
I, a stalwart man, brood in misery and sigh again and again; do my sighs not fall back upon you?
Manyoshu - Ōtomo no Surugamaro
Kokoro ni wa wasururu hi naku omoedomo hito no koto koso shigeki kimi ni are
In my heart there is no day I forget you, but you are one about whom people gossip so much.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Aimizute ke nagaku narinu kono koro wa ika ni sakiku ya ibukashi wagimo
Many days have passed since we last met; how are you faring these days? I worry about you, my dear.
Manyoshu - Ōtomo no Surugamaro
Natsukuzu no taenu tsukai no yodomereba koto shi mo aru goto omoitsuru kamo
Your messengers, who never failed like the endless summer vines, stopped coming, and I wondered whether something had happened to you.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Wagimoko wa tokoyo no kuni ni sumikerashi mukashi mishi yori ochimashinikeri
My beloved must have been living in Tokoyo, the land of eternal life, for she has grown younger than when I saw her long ago.
Manyoshu - Ōtomo no Miyori
Hisakata no ame no tsuyushimo okinikeri ie naru hito mo machikoinuramu
Dew and frost from the heavens have settled; the people at home, too, must be longing and waiting for me.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Tamamori ni tama wa sazukete katsugatsu mo makura to ware wa iza futari nemu
I have handed my jewel over to its keeper; now, for the time being, come, my pillow and I will sleep together, just the two of us.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Kokoro ni wa wasurenu mono o tamasaka ni minu hi samaneku tsuki zo henikeru
In my heart I have never forgotten you, yet by chance the days of not meeting you piled up until a whole month has passed.
Manyoshu - Ōtomo no Surugamaro
Aimite wa tsuki mo henaku ni kou to iwaba osoro to ware o omōsamu kamo
Not even a month has passed since we met; if I told you I long for you, would you think me rash?
Manyoshu - Ōtomo no Surugamaro
Are nomi zo kimi ni wa kouru waga seko ga kou to iu koto wa koto no nagusa zo
I alone am the one who longs for you; when you say you long for me, my love, it is only words to comfort me.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Omowaji to iiteshi mono o hanezuiro no utsuroiyasuki aga kokoro kamo
I declared I would think of you no more, yet my heart is as quick to change as the fading hanezu color.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Omoedomo shirushi mo nashi to shiru mono o nani ka kokodaku aga koiwataru
I know it is of no use to long for you, so why do I go on longing so much?
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Arakajime hitogoto shigeshi kaku shi araba shie ya waga seko oku mo ika ni arame
Even before anything has happened, the gossip is thick; if it is like this now, oh, my love, what will become of us later?
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Na o to a o hito zo saku naru ide aga kimi hito no nakagoto kikikosu na yume
They say people are trying to tear you and me apart; so, my love, never listen to the slanders they spread.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Koikoite aeru toki dani uruwashiki koto tsukushite yo nagaku to omowaba
At least when we meet after so much longing, speak to me with all the tender words you have, if you truly want our love to last.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue