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- Shui Wakashu
Sugiita mote fukeru itama no awazaraba ika ni semu to ka waga nesomeken
If, like the boards of a roof thatched with cedar planks, we should no longer meet, what did I mean to do when I first began to lie with you?
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Konu ka na to shibashi wa hito ni omowasemu awade kaerishi yoi no netasa ni
For a while I will make her wonder whether I will ever come, to repay the vexation of that evening when I went home without seeing her.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Akigiri no harenu ashita no ōzora o miru ga gotoku mo mienu kimi kana
Like the great sky on a morning when the autumn mist does not lift, you are never clearly seen.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Koiwabinu ne o dani nakamu koe tatete izuko naruran Otonashi no sato
I am worn out with longing; let me at least weep aloud, raising my voice. Where, I wonder, is the village of Otonashi, the soundless village?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Otonashi no kawa to zo tsui ni nagarekeru iwade mono omou hito no watari wa
At last it has flowed on as the soundless Otonashi River, the crossing of one who broods without a word.
Shui Wakashu - Kiyohara no Motosuke
Kaze samumi koe yowariyuku mushi yori mo iwade mono omou ware zo masareru
More than the insects whose voices weaken in the cold wind, I, who brood in silence, feel the deeper grief.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Shika no ama no tsuri ni tomoseru isaribi no honoka ni imo o miru yoshi mogana
Like the fishing fires the fisherfolk of Shika kindle for their angling, if only there were some way to see my beloved, however faintly.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Koi suru wa kurushiki mono to shirasu beku hito o waga mi ni shibashi nasaba ya
To let her know how painful it is to love, I wish I could make her into myself for a little while.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Shiru ya kimi shirazu wa ika ni tsurakaramu waga kaku bakari omou kokoro o
Do you know, my love? If you do not, how bitter it would be: this heart of mine that loves you so.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Asu shiranu waga mi nari tomo urami okamu kono yo nite nomi yamaji to omoeba
Though I do not know whether I shall live to see tomorrow, I will leave behind my reproach, for I think this love will not end in this world alone.
Shui Wakashu - Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Omou na to kimi wa iedomo au koto o itsu to shirite ka waga koizaran
You tell me not to love you, but how could I keep from longing when I do not know when we shall meet?
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Omouramu kokoro no uchi o shiranu mi wa shinu bakari ni mo araji to zo omou
Since I do not know the heart within you that you say loves me, I can only think it is not so great that you would die of it.
Shui Wakashu - Minamoto no Shitagō
Kakurenu no soko no kokoro zo urameshiki ika ni seyo tote tsurenakaruran
Like the depths of a hidden marsh, the unseen bottom of your heart is what I resent; what would you have me do, that you are so cold to me?
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Koretada
Ware nagara sa mo modokashiki kokoro kana omowanu hito wa nani ka koishiki
How vexing a heart this is, even to me: why should I long for someone who does not care for me?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kusagakure karenishi mizu wa nuruku tomo musubishi sode wa ima mo kawakazu
Though the water hidden in the grass has dried up and grown lukewarm, as your heart has left me and cooled, the sleeves with which I once scooped it, when we made our vows, are still not dry.
Shui Wakashu - Kiyohara no Motosuke
Waga omou hito wa kusaba no tsuyu nare ya kakureba sode no mazu sohotsuramu
Is the one I love the dew on the grass? Whenever I set my heart on her, my sleeves are drenched before all else, as if the dew had fallen on them.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet