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- Manyoshu
Misora yuku tsuki no hikari ni tada hitome aimishi hito no ime ni shi miyuru
The one I saw at a single glance in the light of the moon crossing the sky now appears in my dreams.
Manyoshu - Ato no Tobira no Otome
Kamodori no asobu kono ike ni konoha ochite ukitaru kokoro waga omowanaku ni
Like the leaves fallen on this pond where the wild ducks play, floating on the water, it is not with a fickle, floating heart that I think of you.
Manyoshu - Taniwa no Ōme no Otome
Umasake o miwa no hafuri ga iwau sugi te fureshi tsumi ka kimi ni aikataki
Is it the sin of having touched the sacred cedar that the priests of Miwa revere that makes it so hard for me to meet you?
Manyoshu - Taniwa no Ōme no Otome
Kakiho nasu hitogoto kikite waga seko ga kokoro tayutai awanu kono koro
Hearing the gossip that surrounds us like a hedge, my love's heart has wavered, and these days he does not come to meet me.
Manyoshu - Taniwa no Ōme no Otome
Kokoro ni wa omoiwataredo yoshi o nami yoso nomi ni shite nageki zo waga suru
In my heart I go on thinking of you, but with no means to meet, I can only look from afar and sigh.
Manyoshu - Otomo no Yakamochi
Chidori naku saho no kawato no kiyoki se o uma uchiwatashi itsu ka kayowamu
Where the plovers cry at the crossing of the Saho, when shall I ride my horse across the clear shallows and come to you?
Manyoshu - Otomo no Yakamochi
Yoru hiru to iu waki shirazu aga kouru kokoro wa kedashi ime ni mieki ya
I long for you with no distinction of night and day; did this heart of mine, perhaps, appear to you in your dreams?
Manyoshu - Otomo no Yakamochi
Tsure mo naku aruramu hito o katamoi ni ware wa omoeba wabishiku mo aru ka
How wretched it is to go on thinking of one who must be indifferent to me, with a love that is all one-sided.
Manyoshu - Otomo no Yakamochi
Omowanu ni imo ga emai o ime ni mite kokoro no uchi ni moetsutsu zo oru
Unexpectedly I saw my beloved smiling in a dream, and now my heart keeps burning within me.
Manyoshu - Otomo no Yakamochi
Masurao to omoeru ware o kaku bakari mitsure ni mitsure katamoi o semu
I, who thought myself a stalwart man, am to waste away like this, pining with a one-sided love.
Manyoshu - Otomo no Yakamochi
Murakimo no kokoro kudakete kaku bakari aga kouraku o shirazu ka aruramu
My heart is breaking; does she not know how much I long for her?
Manyoshu - Otomo no Yakamochi
Ashihiki no yama ni shi oreba miyabi nami waga suru waza o togametamau na
Since I live in the mountains, I lack courtly refinement; I pray you, do not find fault with what I do.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Kaku bakari koitsutsu arazu wa iwaki ni mo naramashi mono o mono mowazu shite
Rather than go on longing like this, I wish I had turned into a rock or a tree, free of all this brooding.
Manyoshu - Otomo no Yakamochi
Asakami no omoimidarete kaku bakari nane ga koure zo ime ni miekeru
It is because you long for me so much, your thoughts tangled like hair in the morning, my dear girl, that you have appeared in my dreams.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Nio dori no kazuku ikemizu kokoro araba kimi ni aga kouru kokoro shimesane
O water of the pond where the grebes dive, if you have a heart, show my lord how I long for him.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Yoso ni ite koitsutsu arazu wa kimi ga ie no ike ni sumu to iu kamo ni aramashi o
Rather than long for you from afar, I wish I had been one of the ducks that are said to live in the pond at your palace.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue