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- Manyoshu
Tada ni aite miteba nomi koso tamakiharu inochi ni mukau aga koi yamame
Only if I could meet you face to face and see you would this love of mine, a love as great as life itself, come to rest.
Manyoshu - Nakatomi no Iratsume
Ina to iwaba shiime ya waga se suga no ne no omoimidarete koitsutsu mo aramu
If you say no, would I force you, my love? Like the tangled roots of the sedge, I will go on longing for you with a troubled heart.
Manyoshu - Nakatomi no Iratsume
Kedashiku mo hito no nakagoto kikase kamo kokodaku matedo kimi ga kimasanu
Could it be that you have heard some slander about me, that though I wait for you so long, you do not come?
Manyoshu - Otomo no Yakamochi
Nakanaka ni tayu to shi iwaba kaku bakari iki no o ni shite are koime ya mo
If only you would say outright that our bond is ended, would I go on longing for you like this, with my very life?
Manyoshu - Otomo no Yakamochi
Omouramu hito ni aranaku ni nemokoro ni kokoro tsukushite kouru are kamo
You are not one who thinks of me, and yet here I am, longing for you with all my heart and soul.
Manyoshu - Otomo no Yakamochi
Iu koto no kashikoki kuni zo kurenai no iro ni na ide so omoishinu tomo
This is a land where people's words are to be feared; never let your love show like crimson dye, even if you die of longing.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Ima wa wa wa shinamu yo waga se ikeri tomo ware ni yorubeshi to iu to iwanaku ni
Now I will die, my love; even if I live, you will not even say that your heart will turn to me.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Hitogoto o shigemi ka kimi ga futasaya no ie o hedatete koitsutsu masamu
Is it because the gossip is so thick that you stay in your own house, separated from me like two swords in one scabbard, longing all the while?
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Kono koro wa chitose ya yuki mo suginuru to ware ya shika omou mimaku hori kamo
These days it seems as if a thousand years had passed; do I feel so because I long so to see you?
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Uruwashi to aga mou kokoro hayakawa no seki ni seku tomo nao ya kuenamu
My heart that holds you dear is like a rushing river; however I try to dam it, the dam will surely break.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Aoyama o yokogiru kumo no ichishiroku ware to emashite hito ni shirayu na
Like a cloud crossing the green hills, plain for all to see, do not smile at me so openly, lest people come to know of us.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Umiyama mo hedataranaku ni nani shi ka mo megoto o dani mo kokoda tomoshiki
No sea or mountain lies between us, so why are even glances and words exchanged face to face so rare?
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Teru tsuki o yami ni minashite naku namida koromo nurashitsu hosu hito nashi ni
Seeing only darkness though the moon is shining, I have soaked my robe with tears, and there is no one to dry it for me.
Manyoshu - Ōtomo no Miyori
Momoshiki no ōmiyahito wa ōkaredo kokoro ni norite omōyuru imo
There are many people serving at the palace, but you alone ride upon my heart, my love, and fill my thoughts.
Manyoshu - Otomo no Yakamochi
Uhae naki imo ni mo aru kamo kaku bakari hito no kokoro o tsukusaku omoeba
How unkind you are, my love, when I think how much you have made me exhaust my heart.
Manyoshu - Otomo no Yakamochi
Kaku nomi shi koi ya wataramu akizuno ni tanabiku kumo no sugu to wa nashi ni
Shall I go on longing like this forever? Like the clouds trailing over the moor of Akizu, my longing never passes away.
Manyoshu - Ōtomo no Chimuro