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- Shui Wakashu
Sawa ni nomi toshi wa henuredo ashitazu no kokoro wa kumo no ue ni nomi koso
Though the crane among the reeds has spent its years only in the marsh, its heart is always above the clouds.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Morosuke
Ōzora wa kumorazarikeri Kannazuki shigure gokochi wa ware nomi zo suru
The wide sky is not clouded at all; yet in this Godless Month, it is I alone who feel as though the winter showers were falling.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Shinoburedo nao shiite koso omohoyure koi to iu mono no mi o shi saraneba
Though I try to bear it in silence, still it forces itself upon my thoughts, for this thing called love will not leave my body.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Aware to mo omowaji mono o shirayuki no shita ni kietsutsu nao mo furu kana
You will not even pity me, and yet, like white snow that melts from beneath and still keeps falling, I waste away inside and still live on.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Hodo mo naku kienuru yuki wa kai mo nashi mi o tsumite koso aware to omowame
Snow that melts away so soon is of no use; only if it piles up, only if I pinch myself and feel the pain, will I come to feel pity for you.
Shui Wakashu - Nakatsukasa
Yoso nagara aiminu hodo ni koishinaba nani ni kaetaru inochi to ka iwamu
If I should die of love while still apart, before we ever meet, for what would I say I had exchanged my life?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Itsu tote ka waga koi yamamu chihayaburu Asama no take no keburi tayu tomo
When will my love ever cease? Even if the smoke of awesome Mount Asama should one day die away, my love will not end.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Ōhara no kami mo shiruramu waga koi wa kyō ujibito no kokoro yaranamu
The god of Ōhara surely knows of my love; on this festival day, may the heart of his clansman be set at ease.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Koretada
Sakakiba no haru sasu eda no amata areba togamuru kami mo araji to zo omou
Just as the sakaki puts forth so many branches in spring, you have so many loves; so I think no god would blame me if I do not yield.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Ametsuchi no kami zo shiruran kimi ga tame omou kokoro no kagiri nakereba
The gods of heaven and earth must surely know, for the heart that loves you has no bounds.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Umi mo asashi yama mo hodo nashi waga koi o nani ni yosoete kimi ni iwamashi
The sea is shallow, the mountains are not high; to what could I liken my love to tell you of it?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Okuyama no iwakakinuma no mikomori ni koi ya wataran au yoshi o nami
Like the water hidden in a rock-walled marsh deep in the mountains, must I go on loving in secret, having no way to meet you?
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Amata mishi toyo no misogi no morobito no kimi shimo mono o omowasuru kana
Of all the many people I saw at the great purification rite, it is you, none other, who fills my heart with longing.
Shui Wakashu - Priest Kanyū
Tamasudare ito no taema ni hito o mite sukeru kokoro wa omoikaketeki
Seeing her through a gap in the threads of the jeweled blind, my heart, drawn through as light shines through, has hung its love upon her.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Tamadare no sukeru kokoro to miteshi yori tsurashi chō koto kakenu hi wa nashi
Ever since I saw that your heart shows through like a jeweled blind, fickle and given to love, not a day passes that I do not speak the word "cruel."
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Ware koso ya minu hito kouru yamai sure au hi narade wa yamu kusuri nashi
It is I who suffer the sickness of loving one I have never seen; there is no medicine to cure it but the day of our meeting.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet