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- Shui Wakashu
Ashihiki no yama no sakakiba tokiwa naru kage ni sakayuru kami no kine kana
Like the sakaki leaves of the mountain, ever green, the shrine attendants of the gods flourish in their shade!
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Ōnamuchi Sukunamikami no tsukurerishi Imose no yama o miru zo ureshiki
How glad I am to see the Imose Hills, which the gods Ōnamuchi and Sukunami made!
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Mezurashiki kyō no Kasuga no yaotome o kami mo ureshi to shinobazarame ya
Watching the eight maidens dance at Kasuga on this rare and splendid day, how could the gods themselves not rejoice and hold them dear?
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tadanobu
Koisu chō waga na wa madaki tachinikeri hito shirezu koso omoisomeshika
The rumor that I am in love has already spread, though I had only just begun to love in secret, so that no one would know.
Shui Wakashu - Mibu no Tadami
Shinoburedo iro ni idenikeri waga koi wa mono ya omou to hito no tou made
Though I kept it hidden, my love has shown itself in my face, so much that people ask me whether something is troubling my heart.
Shui Wakashu - Taira no Kanemori
Iro naraba utsuru bakari mo sometemashi omou kokoro o shiru hito no nasa
If my love were a color, I would dye her deep enough for it to pass onto her; yet there is no one who knows the heart that loves.
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Shinoburu mo ta ga yue naranu mono nareba ima wa nani ka wa kimi ni hedatemu
Even my hiding this love is for no one's sake but yours, so why now should I keep any distance from you?
Shui Wakashu - Taira no Kinzane
Nageki amari tsui ni iro ni zo idenu beki iwanu o hito no shiraba koso arame
My grief is so great that at last it will surely show in my face; if only she could know what I have not spoken, all would be well.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Au koto o matsu nite toshi no henuru kana mi wa Suminoe ni oinu mono yue
Waiting only for our meeting, I have let the years go by, though I am no pine growing on the shore of Suminoe.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Oto ni kiku hito ni kokoro o Tsukubane no minedo koishiki kimi ni mo aru kana
I have given my heart to one I know only by rumor; like the peak of Mount Tsukuba, you are dear to me though I have never seen you.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Amagumo no yaegumogakure narukami no oto ni nomi ya wa kikiwataru beki
Like thunder rumbling hidden behind the many-layered clouds of heaven, must I go on only hearing of you by rumor?
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Minu hito no koishiki ya nazo obotsukana tare to ka shiramu yume ni miyu tomo
Why is it that I long for one I have never seen? How uncertain it is; even if she appeared in my dreams, how would I know who she was?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Yume yori zo koishiki hito o misometsuru ima wa awasuru hito mo aranan
It was in a dream that I first saw the one I love; now I wish there were someone to read that dream and bring us together.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kakute nomi Ariso no ura no hamachidori yoso ni nakitsutsu koi ya wataramu
Shall I go on like this, like the plovers on the rough shore of Ariso, crying from afar as I keep on longing?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Yoso ni nomi mite ya wa koimu kurenai no suetsumu hana no iro ni idezu wa
How could I go on loving her only from afar, if I never let my love show, like the crimson of the safflower?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Mi ni shimite omou kokoro no toshi fureba tsui ni iro ni mo idenu beki kana
The love that has pierced me to the core has gone on for years, and now at last it is sure to show in my face.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Atsutada