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- Kokin Wakashu
Shinoburedo koishiki toki wa ashihiki no yama yori tsuki no idete koso kure
Though I keep my love hidden, when longing overwhelms me I come out to you, just as the moon rises out from behind the mountains.
Kokin Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Koi koite mare ni koyoi zo ausaka no yūtsukedori wa nakazu mo aranamu
After longing and longing, tonight at last we meet, as at the Barrier of Osaka, the Meeting Slope; O cockerel of the barrier, I beg you, do not crow.
Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Aki no yo mo na nomi narikeri au to ieba koto zo to mo naku akenuru mono o
The autumn night, famed for its length, is long in name only; when we meet, it slips into dawn before anything has even happened.
Kokin Wakashu - Ono no Komachi
Nagashi tomo omoi zo hatenu mukashi yori au hito kara no aki no yo nareba
I cannot simply call the autumn night long, for since ancient times it has been long or short depending on whom one meets.
Kokin Wakashu - Oshikochi no Mitsune
Shinonome no hogara hogara to akeyukeba onoga kinuginu naru zo kanashiki
As the eastern sky brightens and the day breaks clear, each of us must put on our own robe and part; how sad it is.
Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Akenu tote ima wa no kokoro tsuku kara ni nado iishiranu omoi souramu
The moment the dawn tells me "now we must part," why does this longing I cannot put into words come welling up?
Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kunitsune
Akenu tote kaeru michi ni wa kokitarete ame mo namida mo furisohochitsutsu
On the road home, because the dawn has come, it pours down in torrents, rain and tears together falling until I am soaked through.
Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Toshiyuki
Shinonome no wakare o oshimi ware zo mazu tori yori saki ni nakihajimetsuru
So loath was I to part at dawn that I was the first to cry, before the cock had even crowed.
Kokin Wakashu - Minamoto no Utsuku
Hototogisu yume ka utsutsu ka asatsuyu no okite wakareshi akatsuki no koe
The cuckoo's call: was it a dream or was it real, that voice I heard at dawn when, as the morning dew settled, I rose and parted from you?
Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Tamakushige akeba kimi ga na tachinubemi yobukaku koshi o hito mikemu kamo
Had I waited for dawn, rumors of you would surely have spread, so I left while the night was still deep; yet might someone have seen me?
Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kesa wa shimo okikemu kata mo shirazaritsu omoiizuru zo kiete kanashiki
This morning I did not even know how I rose and left, as frost settles unnoticed; now, remembering, I feel I will melt away like the frost in my sorrow.
Kokin Wakashu - Oe no Chisato
Nenuru yo no yume o hakanami madoromeba iya hakana ni mo narimasaru kana
Our night together was as fleeting as a dream, so I dozed off hoping to dream it again, but everything only grew more fleeting still.
Kokin Wakashu - Ariwara no Narihira
Kimi ya koshi ware ya yukikemu omoezu yume ka utsutsu ka nete ka samete ka
Did you come to me, or did I go to you? I cannot tell. Was it a dream or was it real, was I asleep or awake?
Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kakikurasu kokoro no yami ni madoiniki yume utsutsu to wa yohito sadame yo
I too was lost in the pitch darkness of my clouded heart; whether it was a dream or reality, let the people of the world decide.
Kokin Wakashu - Ariwara no Narihira
Mubatama no yami no utsutsu wa sadaka naru yume ni ikura mo masarazarikeri
Our real meeting in the pitch-black darkness turned out to be no better than a dream seen clearly, not even by the slightest bit.
Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Sayo fukete ama no to wataru tsukikage ni akazu mo kimi o aimitsuru kana
Deep in the night, beneath the moonlight crossing the gateway of heaven, I met with you, yet parted still unsatisfied.
Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet