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- Sankashu
Nado ka ware koto no hoka naru nageki sede misao naru mi ni umarezariken
Why was I not born someone who could stay calm and composed, free of this extraordinary grief?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kumite shiru hito mo aranan onozukara Horikane no i no soko no kokoro o
If only there were someone who would draw up and know, without my telling, the heart that lies as deep as the bottom of the Horikane well.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Keburi tatsu Fuji ni omoi no arasoite yodakeki koi o Suruga e zo yuku
With the fire of my longing vying against smoking Fuji, bearing so fierce a love, I travel on toward Suruga.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Namidagawa sakamaku mio no soko fukami minagiriaenu waga kokoro kana
In the deep channel where my river of tears swirls back on itself, the water cannot even overflow, and such is this heart of mine.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Iso no ma ni nami arage naru oriori wa urami o kazuku sato no ama
When the waves rise wild among the rocks, the village fisherfolk cannot dive and can only gaze at the bay, taking resentment upon themselves.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Setoguchi ni takeru ushio no ōyodomi yodomu toshihi mo naki namida kana
Even the tide that rages at the mouth of the strait has its slack, yet my tears flow on with no year or day when they slacken.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Azumaji ya Ai no Nakayama hodo semami kokoro no oku no mieba koso arame
On the eastern road the pass of Ai no Nakayama is so narrow we come close, yet it would be well only if the depths of the heart could be seen.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Itsu to naku omoi ni moyuru waga mi kana Asama no keburi shimeru yo mo naku
Ceaselessly my body burns in the fire of love, like the smoke of Asama that never once grows damp and dies.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Harimaji ya kokoro no Suma ni seki suete ika de waga mi no koi o todomen
As on the road to Harima there stands the barrier of Suma, I would set a barrier at the Suma of my heart and somehow hold back my love.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Aware chō nasake ni koi no nagusamaba tou koto no ha ya ureshikaramashi
If love could be consoled by the kindness of words of pity, how welcome then would words of comfort be.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Mono omoeba mada yūgure no mama naru ni akenu to tsuguru shibatori no koe
Brooding over love, I feel it is still evening, yet already a bird's voice cries that the night has ended.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yume o nado yogoro tanomade sugikiken sarade au beki kimi naranaku ni
Why have I let so many nights go by without trusting in dreams, when you are someone I can meet in no other way?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Sa wa to iite koromo kaeshite uchifusedo me no awaba ya wa yume mo miru beki
Saying 'so be it,' I turn my robe inside out and lie down, yet how could I dream when my eyes will not even close?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Koiraruru ukina o hito ni tateji tote shinobu warinaki waga tamoto kana
Trying to spare you the painful rumor of being loved by me, I hide my tears, yet how hopeless my sleeves are at concealing them!
Sankashu - Saigyō
Natsukusa no shigeri nomi yuku omoi kana mataruru aki no aware shirarete
Like summer grass my longing only grows thicker, as I come to feel already the sorrow of the autumn that awaits, the weariness of your heart.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kurenai no iro ni tamoto no shiguretsutsu sode ni aki aru kokochi koso sure
My sleeves are drenched again and again in crimson as if by the early winter rain, and it feels as though autumn, your weariness, has come to them alone.
Sankashu - Saigyō