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- Gosen Wakashu
Shinonome ni akade wakareshi tamoto o zo tsuyu ya wakeshi to hito wa togamuru
My sleeve, wet from our reluctant parting at daybreak, draws suspicious looks from others, who ask whether I have come through dewy grass.
Gosen Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Koishiki mo omoikometsutsu aru mono o hito ni shiraruru namida nani nari
I keep even my longing locked inside my heart, so what are these tears that let everyone know?
Gosen Wakashu - Taira no Nakaki
Ausaka no ko no shitatsuyu ni nureshi yori waga koromode wa ima mo kawakazu
Ever since I was soaked by the dew beneath the trees of Ōsaka, the Hill of Meeting, my sleeves have never once been dry.
Gosen Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kanesuke
Kimi o omou kokoro o hito ni koyurugi no iso no tamamo ya ima mo karamashi
To show that my love for you surpasses anyone's, should I go now and cut the jewel-like seaweed on the rocky shore of Koyurugi?
Gosen Wakashu - Oshikochi no Mitsune
Nakina zo to hito ni wa iite arinu beshi kokoro no towaba ikaga kotaen
I could tell people it is only a baseless rumor and get along that way. But if my own heart asks me, how am I to answer?
Gosen Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kiyokeredo tama naranu mi no wabishiki wa migakeru mono ni iwanu narikeri
Though I am innocent, what grieves me, being no jewel, is that no one will call me something polished and pure.
Gosen Wakashu - Ise
Au koto o iza ho ni idenan shinosusuki shinobihatsu beki mono naranaku ni
Come, let us bring our meetings out into the open, as slender pampas grass puts forth its plumes. It is not something we can keep hidden forever.
Gosen Wakashu - Fujiwara no Atsutada
Aimite mo wakaruru koto no nakariseba katsugatsu mono wa omowazaramashi
If only meeting were not followed by parting, I might at least be spared a little of this brooding.
Gosen Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Itsu no ma ni koishikaruran karakoromo nurenishi sode no hiruma bakari ni
When did I come to long for you like this? Only the daytime hours have passed, scarcely time for my tear-soaked sleeves to dry.
Gosen Wakashu - Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu
Wakaretsuru hodo mo henaku ni shiranami no tachikaerite mo mimaku hoshiki ka
Though scarcely any time has passed since we parted, I long to see you so much that, like white waves surging back, I would turn around and return.
Gosen Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Hito shirenu mi wa isogedomo toshi o hete nado koegataki ausaka no seki
I, who love in secret, am in such a hurry, yet even as the years go by, why is the Ōsaka Barrier, the gate of meeting, so hard to cross?
Gosen Wakashu - Fujiwara no Koretada
Azumaji ni yukikau hito ni aranu mi wa itsu ka wa koemu ausaka no seki
I am no traveler coming and going on the road to the east, so when would I ever cross the Ōsaka Barrier?
Gosen Wakashu - Daughter of Ono no Yoshifuru
Tsure mo naki hito ni makeji to seshi hodo ni ware mo adana wa tachi zo shinikeru
While I was set on not losing to someone so cold, I too, it seems, have gained a name for fickleness.
Gosen Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kiyotada
Tsurakaranu naka ni aru koso utoshi to ie hedatehateteshi kinu ni ya wa aranu
Only between two whose bond has not grown cold could one speak of feeling distant. Is this robe not one for a pair already wholly set apart?
Gosen Wakashu - Daughter of Ono no Tōoki
Tokiwa naru hikage no kazura kyō shi koso kokoro no iro ni fukaku miekere
The ever-green hikage vine, today of all days, seems to show deeply the color of my heart for you.
Gosen Wakashu - Fujiwara no Morotada
Tare to naku kakaru ōmi ni fukakaran iro o tokiwa ni ikaga tanoman
The deep color of the vine hung on anyone at all at this great rite—how could I rely on it to stay forever unchanged?
Gosen Wakashu - Eldest Daughter of Kan'in