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- Kinyo Wakashu
Ishidatami arikeru mono o kimi ni mata shiku mono nashi to omoikeru kana
There were stone pavements too, yet I had believed there was nothing else that could ever be laid down or compare with you.
Awaremamu to omou kokoro wa hirokeredo hagukumu sode no sebaku mo aru kana
The heart that longs to cherish you is wide, yet how narrow are the sleeves with which I would wrap and shelter you.
Yo no naka wa uki mi ni soeru kage nare ya omoisutsuredo hanarezarikeri
Is the world a shadow clinging to this sorrowful self of mine? However I try to cast it off, it never leaves me.
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Toshiyori
Uchitanomu hito no kokoro wa Arachiyama Koshiji kuyashiki tabi ni mo aru kana
The heart of the one I relied on proved as harsh as the mountain of Arachi, and I regret the road I took to Koshi on this journey.
Kinyo Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Omoiyaru kokoro sae koso kurushikere Arachi no yama no fuyu no keshiki wa
Even my heart, as it thinks of you from afar, is pained to imagine the winter scene of Mount Arachi.
Kinyo Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Itazura ni suguru tsukihi o kazoureba mukashi o shinobu ne koso nakarure
When I count the months and days that have slipped by in vain, I cannot help weeping aloud as I long for the days of old.
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Moroyori
Kawariyuku kagami no kage o miru tabi ni Oiso no mori no nageki o zo suru
Each time I see my reflection changing in the mirror, I sigh the sighs of old age, like the Forest of Oiso true to its name.
Koyurugi no isogite aishi kai mo naku nami yori kosu to kiku wa makoto ka
Is it true, as I hear, that all my haste to meet you came to nothing, and that your heart has changed, as waves sweep over the pine hill?
Kumo no ue ni nareni shi mono o ashitazu no au koto kata ni oriinuru kana
I was so used to life above the clouds, yet like a crane among the reeds I have come down to the tidal flats, where meeting you is hard.
Hi no hikari amaneki sora no keshiki ni mo waga mi hitotsu wa kumogakuretsutsu
Though the sunlight pours over the whole wide sky, I alone remain hidden behind the clouds.
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Toshiyori
Nani ka omou haru no arashi ni kumo harete sayakeki kage wa kimi nomi zo mimu
What troubles you so? The spring storm will sweep the clouds away, and it is you alone who will see that clear and brilliant light.
Kinyo Wakashu - Suo no Naishi
Mukashi mishi aruji gao ni mo ume ga e no hana dani ware ni monogatari seyo
O plum blossoms on the branch, blooming as though you were the master I once knew, at least you, tell me stories of the past.
Kinyo Wakashu - Fujiwara no Mototoshi
Ne ni kaeru hana no sugata no koishiku wa tada ko no moto o katami to wa miyo
If you long for the form of the blossoms that have returned to their roots, simply look upon the ground beneath the tree as their keepsake.
Sakura yue itoishi kaze no mi ni shimite hana yori saki ni chirinubeki kana
The wind I once hated for the sake of the cherry blossoms now chills me to the bone, and it seems I shall scatter before the flowers do.
Naniwae no ashi no wakane no shigekereba kokoro mo yukanu funade o zo suru
The young roots of the reeds grow so thick in Naniwa Bay that I set out on a voyage that will not go forward, my heart unable to clear.
Ukarishi ni aki wa tsukinu to omoishi o kotoshi mo mushi no ne koso nakarure
I thought that autumn had come to an end in that sorrowful time, yet this year too the insects sing, and I cannot help but weep aloud.