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- Gosen Wakashu
Hito shirezu omou kokoro wa Ōshima no naruto wa nashi ni nageku koro kana
My heart, longing in secret, makes no sound like the roaring strait of Ōshima, yet these days I can only grieve.
Gosen Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Hakanakute onaji kokoro ni narinishi o omou ga goto wa omouran ya zo
Somehow, uncertainly, we have come to share the same heart—but do you love me as much as I love you?
Gosen Wakashu - Nakatsukasa
Wabishisa o onaji kokoro to kiku kara ni waga mi o sutete kimi zo kanashiki
The moment I hear that you feel this pain with the same heart as mine, I forget all about myself, and you alone are dear to me.
Gosen Wakashu - Minamoto no Saneakira
Sadamenaku ada ni chirinuru hana yori wa tokiwa no matsu no iro o ya wa minu
Rather than flowers that scatter fickly, with nothing certain about them, why do you not look to the unchanging color of the evergreen pine?
Gosen Wakashu - Minamoto no Saneakira
Sumiyoshi no waga mi nariseba toshi fu tomo matsu yori hoka no iro o mimashi ya
Had I been in Sumiyoshi, where life is good, would I have looked at any color but the pine's, however many years went by?
Gosen Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Utsutsu ni mo hakanaki koto no ayashiki wa ne naku ni yume no miyuru narikeri
Even in waking life, the strangest of fleeting things is this: though I have not slept, a dream appears before my eyes.
Gosen Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Shiranami no yoruyoru kishi ni tachiyorite ne mo mishi mono o Sumiyoshi no matsu
Like the white waves drawing near the shore night after night, I came to you and even lay with you, seeing the very roots of the pine of Sumiyoshi.
Gosen Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Nagaraete aranu made ni mo koto no ha no fukaki wa ika ni aware narikeri
Even when I feel I can no longer go on living, how deeply your profound words move me.
Gosen Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Hito o mite omou omoi mo aru mono o sora ni kouru zo hakanakarikeru
There is a love that comes of truly seeing someone, and yet how fleeting it is to long, with nothing to go on, for one I have never even seen.
Gosen Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tadanobu
Hitori nomi omoeba kurushi ika ni shite onaji kokoro ni hito o oshiemu
To love alone like this is painful. Somehow I wish I could teach her to feel the same as I do.
Gosen Wakashu - Mibu no Tadamine
Waga kokoro itsu naraite ka minu hito o omoiyaritsutsu koishikaruran
When did this heart of mine learn such a thing? Turning my thoughts toward one I have never seen, I find myself in love.
Gosen Wakashu - Ki no Tomonori
Ha o wakami ho ni koso idene hanasusuki shita no kokoro ni musubazarame ya
Like pampas grass whose leaves are still too young to show their plumes, you do not let your feelings appear, yet deep in your heart, would you not tie the bond with me?
Gosen Wakashu - Minamoto no Nakamasa
Ashihiki no yamashita shigeku hau kuzu no tazunete kouru ware to shirazu ya
As one traces the kudzu vines that creep thickly at the foot of the mountain, I seek you out in love—do you not know it is I?
Gosen Wakashu - Kanramu Ou
Kakurenu ni shinobiwabinuru waga mi kana Ide no kawazu to nari ya shinamashi
Like a marsh hidden in the grass, I can no longer bear to keep my love concealed. Shall I become a frog of Ide and cry it out aloud?
Gosen Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tadanobu
Abukuma no kiri to wa nashi ni yomosugara tachiwataritsutsu yo o mo furu kana
Though I am no mist rising over the Abukuma River, all night long I keep standing near your room, passing the nights, and the years, without our meeting.
Gosen Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sukefumi
Ayashiku mo itou ni hayuru kokoro kana ika ni shite ka wa omoiyamu beki
How strange it is—this heart of mine only flares up more the more I am rebuffed. How, I wonder, could I ever make this love stop?
Gosen Wakashu - Unknown Poet