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- Kinyo Wakashu
Arifuru mo ukiyo narikeri nagakaranu hito no kokoro o inochi to mogana
Even living on is sorrow in this world; I wish I could take that person's short-lived heart as my own life.
Kinyo Wakashu - Sagami
Shiragiku no kawaranu iro mo tanomarezu utsurowade yamu aki shi nakereba
I cannot rely even on the unchanging color of the white chrysanthemums, for there is no autumn that ends without their color fading.
Kinyo Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kinzane
Yoi no ma ni honoka ni hito o mikazuki no akade irinishi kage zo koishiki
Early in the evening I saw you faintly, and like the crescent moon you vanished before I had seen enough; how I long for that form.
Kinyo Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tametada
Fuku kaze ni taenu kozue no hana yori mo todomegataki wa namida narikeri
Harder to hold back than the blossoms on the boughs that cannot withstand the blowing wind are my tears.
Hito shirenu koi o shi Suma no urabito wa nakishiotarete sugusu narikeri
One who loves in secret, like the fisherfolk of Suma Bay, spends the days weeping, drenched as if with brine.
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Morotoki
Yamazato no omoikakeji ni tsurara ite tokuru kokoro no katage naru kana
Ice has formed on the mountain path I travel with my longing, and the heart I hope will thaw seems hard to soften.
Mono o koso shinobeba iwanu Iwashiro no mori ni nomi moru waga namida kana
Because I keep my love hidden I never speak of it, yet like drops in the forest of Iwashiro, my tears alone leak out.
Tsurezure to omoi zo izuru mishi hito o awade ikutsuki nagameshitsuramu
Idly I find myself remembering the one I once met, and wonder how many months I have spent lost in thought without seeing you.
Nakoso to iu koto o ba kimi ga kotogusa o seki no na zo to mo omoikeru kana
I had thought that nakoso, don't come, was just the name of the barrier, though it was the phrase you were always saying.
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Toshiyori
Utomashi ya ko no shitakage no wasuremizu ikura no hito no kage o mitsuramu
How hateful! The forgotten stream in the shade of the trees, how many people's reflections has it seen?
Tsurakarishi kokoronarai ni aimite mo nao yume ka to zo utagawarekeru
My heart has grown so used to your coldness that even now that we have met, I cannot help wondering whether it is a dream.
Ayashiki mo ureshikarikeri otoshimuru sono koto no ha ni kakaru to omoeba
Even being called lowly has turned into joy, for I think that those very words of scorn are spoken about me.
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Toshiyori
Ikade ka wa tamoto ni tsuki no yadoramashi hikari machitoru namida narazu wa
How could the moon come to dwell in my sleeve, were it not for the tears that wait to receive its light?
Yonayona wa madoromade nomi ariake no tsukisezu mono o omou koro kana
Night after night I stay awake without dozing until the moon lingers at dawn, and these days my brooding never ends.
Sumiyoshi no matsu kai arite kyō yori wa naniwa no koto mo shirazu bakari zo
As with the pines of Sumiyoshi, my waiting has borne fruit, and from today I need not know of any trouble, whether in Naniwa or anywhere.
Ayamegusa ne o nomi kakuru yo no naka ni oritagaetaru hanazakura kana
In a world where people do nothing but weep aloud, like iris roots hung up in May, the cherry blossoms have bloomed, mistaking their season.