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- Kinyo Wakashu
Hototogisu hitokoe nakite akenureba ayanaku yoru no urameshiki kana
The cuckoo sang just once and dawn broke, and for no good reason I find myself resenting the night.
Fujibakama haya hokorobite niowanamu aki no hatsukaze fukitatazu tomo
O thoroughwort, open your buds quickly and give off your scent, even before the first wind of autumn begins to blow.
Tsukikage no sumiwataru kana ama no hara kumo fukiharau yowa no arashi ni
How clear the moonlight shines across the whole sky, now that the midnight storm has swept the clouds from the heavens.
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Tsunenobu
Nagamureba fukeyuku mama ni kumo harete sora mo nodoka ni sumeru tsuki kana
As I gaze, the clouds clear away while the night grows late, and the moon shines clear in a calm sky.
Ima yori wa kokoro yurusaji tsukikage no yukue mo shirazu hito sasoikeri
From now on I will not let my guard down, for the moonlight lured me out to wander I know not where.
Aki narade tsuma yobu shika o kikishi kana orikara koe no mi ni wa shimu ka to
I listened to a stag calling for its mate when it was not autumn, to learn whether it is the season that makes its cry pierce the heart.
Ima wa shimo ho ni idenuramu azumaji no Iwata no ono no shino no osusuki
By now they must have put out their plumes, the slender pampas grasses on the Iwata moor along the eastern road.
Kawagiri no tachikometsureba takasebune wakeyuku sao no oto nomi zo suru
Since the river mist has closed in, only the sound of the pole of a river boat pushing its way through can be heard.
Iro fukaki miyamagakure no momijiba o arashi no kaze no tayori ni zo miru
The deeply colored autumn leaves hidden in the depths of the mountains I see only thanks to the storm wind that brings them.
Oto ni dani tamoto o nurasu shigure kana maki no itaya no yoru no nezame ni
This early winter rain wets my sleeves with its sound alone, as I lie awake at night beneath a roof of cedar boards.
Kaze hayami Toshima ga saki o kogiyukeba yūnami chidori tachii naku nari
As we row past Toshima Point in a swift wind, the plovers over the evening waves cry as they rise and settle again.
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Akinaka
Arachiyama yuki furitsumoru takane yori saete mo izuru yowa no tsuki kana
From the high peak of Mount Arachi, where the snow lies deep, the midnight moon rises, cold and clear.
Nakanaka ni shimo no uwagi o kasanete mo oshi no kegoromo saemasaruramu
Though they put on the frost as an outer robe, the feathered cloaks of the mandarin ducks must only grow colder.
Kinyo Wakashu - Taikenmon-in no Horikawa
Asahi to mo tsuki to mo wakazu tsuka no ma mo kimi o wasururu toki shi nakereba
I cannot tell the morning sun from the moon, for there is not a moment when I forget you.
Kinyo Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kinzane
Waga koi wa Oboro no shimizu iwade nomi sekiyaru kata mo nakute kurashitsu
My love is like the Oboro spring, hidden among the rocks and never spoken, and I have lived my days with no way to let it flow.
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Toshiyori
Shirasebaya honomi Mishimae ni sode hichite nanase no yodo ni omou kokoro o
I wish I could let you know my heart, which, having glimpsed you faintly, soaks its sleeves at Mishima Inlet and lies stagnant like the still pools of the seven shallows.
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Akinaka