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- Shui Wakashu
Ashihiki no yamadori no o no shidario no naganagashi yo o hitori ka mo nemu
Through a night as long as the long drooping tail of the mountain pheasant, must I sleep all alone?
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Ashihiki no Katsuragiyama ni iru koto no tachite mo ite mo kimi o koso omoe
Like that lingering upon Mount Katsuragi, whether I stand or sit, it is only you that I think of.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Ashihiki no yama no yamasuge yamazu nomi mineba koishiki kimi ni mo aru kana
Like the sedge upon the mountain, never ceasing, how I long for you whenever I cannot see you.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Ashihiki no yama koe kurete yado karaba imo tachimachite inezaramu kamo
If night falls as I cross the mountain and I must borrow lodging on the way, will my wife stand waiting for me and not sleep?
Shui Wakashu - Isonokami no Otomaro
Ashihiki no yama yori izuru tsuki matsu to hito ni wa iite kimi o koso mate
I tell people I am waiting for the moon to rise from the mountain, but it is you I am truly waiting for.
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Mikazuki no sayaka ni miezu kumogakure mimaku zo hoshiki utate kono koro
Like the crescent moon that hides behind the clouds and cannot be clearly seen, I cannot see you, and these days I long so terribly to meet you.
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Au koto wa katawarezuki no kumogakure oboroke ni ya wa hito no koishiki
Meeting is as hard as glimpsing the half moon hidden in the clouds, but is my longing for that person any ordinary thing? No, it is not.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Aki no yo no tsuki kamo kimi wa kumogakure shibashi mo mineba kokora koishiki
Are you the moon of an autumn night? When you hide behind the clouds and I do not see you even for a moment, how much I long for you.
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Aki no yo no tsuki miru to nomi okiitsutsu koyoi mo nede ya ware wa kaeran
Staying up only to view the moon of an autumn night, must I go home again tonight without ever lying down with you?
Shui Wakashu - Taira no Kanemori
Koishisa wa onaji kokoro ni arazu tomo koyoi no tsuki o kimi mizarame ya
Even if your longing is not the same as mine, how could you not be gazing at tonight's moon?
Shui Wakashu - Minamoto no Saneakira
Sayaka ni mo mirubeki tsuki o ware wa tada namida ni kumoru ori zo ōkaru
The moon that I should see so clearly, I often find only clouded by my tears.
Shui Wakashu - Nakatsukasa
Hisakata no ama teru tsuki mo kakureyuku nani ni yosoete kimi o shinobamu
Even the moon that shines in the heavens is sinking out of sight; to what shall I now compare you as I yearn for you?
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Miyako nite mishi ni kawaranu tsukikage o nagusame ni te mo akasu koro kana
These days I pass the nights taking what comfort I can in moonlight no different from what I once saw in the capital.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Teru tsuki mo kage minasoko ni utsurikeri nitaru mono naki koi mo suru kana
Even the shining moon has its likeness reflected on the floor of the water, yet the love I feel has nothing in the world to compare with it.
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Koyoi kimi ika naru sato no tsuki o mite miyako ni tare o omoiizuramu
Tonight, gazing at the moon in what village far away, whom in the capital are you remembering?
Shui Wakashu - Chūgū no Naishi
Tsukikage o waga mi ni kauru mono naraba omowanu hito mo aware to ya mimu
If I could exchange myself for the light of the moon, would even the one who does not love me look on me with tender feeling?
Shui Wakashu - Mibu no Tadamine