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- Kinkaishu
Miyabashira futoshiki tatete yorozuyo ni ima zo sakaemu Kamakura no sato
With its palace pillars set firm and strong, now shall Kamakura flourish for ten thousand ages.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Kuroki mote kimi ga tsukureru yado nareba yorozuyo fu tomo furizu mo arinamu
Since this is the house my lord has built of unbarked logs, it will never grow old, though ten thousand ages pass.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Ima tsukuru kuroki no moroya furizu shite kimi wa kayowamu yorozuyo made ni
The hall of unbarked logs now being built will never grow old, and my lord will come to it for ten thousand ages.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Ōkimi no choku o kashikomi chichiwaku ni kokoro wa waku tomo hito ni iwame ya mo
Receiving my sovereign's command with awe, though my heart be torn a thousand ways, would I ever speak of it to anyone?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Yama wa sake umi wa asenamu yo nari tomo kimi ni futagokoro ware arame ya mo
Even in a world where mountains split apart and the seas dry up, could I ever harbour a divided heart toward my lord?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Himugashi no kuni ni waga oreba asahi sasu Hakoya no yama no kage to nariniki
Since I dwell in the eastern land, where the morning sun shines, I have become a shade that guards the hill of Hakoya, the abode of the Retired Emperor.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Ware ikuso mishi yo no koto o omoiidetsu akuru hodo naki yoru no nezame ni
How many things of the world I have seen came back to me, waking in the night when dawn was not long off.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Omoiidete yoru wa sugara ni ne o zo naku arishi mukashi no yoyo no furugoto
Remembering them, I weep aloud all night long: the old events of ages long past.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Nakanaka ni oi wa horete mo wasurenade nado ka mukashi o ito shinoburamu
Better if old age would leave me so dull-witted that I forgot; why, then, do I still remember and long so for the past?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Michi tōshi koshi wa futae ni kagamareri tsue ni sugarite koko made mo kuru
The road is long, and my back is bent double; yet, leaning on my staff, I have come even this far.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Saritomo to omou mono kara hi o hete wa shidai shidai ni yowaru kanashisa
I tell myself that I am still all right, yet as the days go by, how sad it is to grow weaker little by little.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Yo ni fureba uki koto no ha no kazu goto ni taezu namida no tsuyu zo okikeru
Living in this world, with every bitter word I hear, the dew of my tears settles without end.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Nagekiwabi yo o somukubeki kata shirazu Yoshino no oku mo sumiushi to ieri
Worn out with grieving, I would renounce the world, yet I do not know where to go; they say even the depths of Yoshino are hard to live in.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Izuku nite yo o ba tsukusamu Sugawara ya Fushimi no sato mo arenu to iu mono o
Where shall I live out my days? They say even the village of Fushimi at Sugawara has fallen into ruin.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Haruaki wa kawariyukedomo watatsumi no naka naru shima no matsu zo hisashiki
Though spring and autumn come and go, the pine on the island in the middle of the sea stands on, long and unchanging.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Toyokuni no Kiku no hamamatsu oinikeri shirazu ikuyo no toshi ka henikemu
The beach pines of Kiku in Toyokuni have grown old; how many ages and years they have passed, I cannot tell.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo