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- Senzai Wakashu
Fuku kaze ni taenu kozue no hana yori mo todomegataki wa namida narikeri
Harder to hold back than the blossoms on the boughs that cannot withstand the blowing wind are these tears of mine, I find.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Masamitsu
Aimimu to iiwatarishi wa yukusue no mono omou koto no hashi ni zo arikeru
All the while I kept saying I longed to meet you, that was, I see now, only the beginning of the sorrows yet to come.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Narimichi
Koiwabite aware to bakari uchinageku koto yori hoka no nagusame zo naki
Worn out with longing, I have no comfort at all but this: to sigh out "ah" and lament.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kaneko
Tachikaeru hito o mo nani ka uramimashi koishisa o dani todomezariseba
Why would I resent one who comes and goes straight back again, if only, at least, they had not left this longing behind?
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Morotoki
Uzura naku shizuya ni ouru tamakosuge kari ni nomi kite kaeru kimi kana
Like the fine sedge that grows by a humble hut where quails cry, cut and gone, you come only for a passing moment and go back again.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Michitsune
Wakarete wa katami narikeru tamazusa o nagusamu bakari kaki mo okase de
After parting, letters, I see, become keepsakes; yet you did not leave me enough of them written to bring me any comfort.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Masamichi
Waga sode no namida ya Nio no umi naran kari ni mo hito o mirume nakereba
Are the tears upon my sleeve the Lake of Grebes, I wonder? For there is no seaweed to cut there, no chance, even for a moment, to see the one I love.
Senzai Wakashu - Jōsaimon'in no Hyōe
Azumaya no okaya no noki no shinobugusa shinobi mo aezu shigeru omoi ni
Like the shinobu fern on the eaves of the rustic hut thatched with reeds, I can no longer keep it hidden, this love that grows thick as the grass.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Chikataka
Koi o nomi Shikama no ichi ni tatsu tami no taenu omoi ni mi o ya kaetemu
Doing nothing but love, like the folk who stand at the market of Shikama trading their wares, shall I exchange my very self for this love that never ends?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Shunzei
Koi o nomi Sugata no ike ni mikusa ite sumade yaminan na koso oshikere
Doing nothing but love, like Sugata Pond overgrown with water weeds and never clear, shall it end without our ever living together? It is the name left behind that I regret.
Senzai Wakashu - Taikenmon-in no Aki
Tsuyu fukaki Asama no nora ni okaya karu shizu no tamoto mo kaku wa nureji o
Even the sleeves of the humble folk who cut reeds in the dew-drenched fields of Asama would surely not be soaked as mine are.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kiyosuke
Au koto wa Inasa hosoe no miotsukushi fukaki shirushi mo naki yo narikeri
Meeting is always refused, and like the channel markers in Inasa Inlet, though I give myself wholly, my deep love has no sign of reward in this world between us.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kiyosuke
Hitozute wa sashimo ya wa to mo omouramu misebaya kimi ni nareru sugata o
Hearing it only from others, you must think, "Can it really be so bad?" How I wish I could show you what I have become because of you.
Senzai Wakashu - Kenshō
Asamashi ya sa nomi wa ikani Shinano naru Kisoji no hashi no kakewataruran
How dismaying! Why must you, like the plank bridges strung along the Kiso Road in Shinano, stretch your heart out to so many?
Senzai Wakashu - Taira no Saneshige
Hito no ue to omowaba ikani modokamashi tsuraki mo shirazu kouru kokoro o
Were it someone else's, how I would find fault with it: this heart that goes on loving, heedless of how cold she is.
Senzai Wakashu - Taira no Saneshige
Chigirishi mo morotomo ni koso chigirishika wasureba ware mo wasuremashikaba
When we made our vows, it was together that we made them; if you forget, would that I too could forget as easily.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tamemichi