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- Gosen Wakashu
Kaze o itami kuyuru keburi no tachiidete mo nao korizuma no ura zo koishiki
Though I was driven out, like smoldering smoke blown off by a fierce wind, I still, undeterred, long for Suma Bay—I long for her with all my heart.
Gosen Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Iwanedomo waga kagiri naki kokoro o ba kumoi ni tōki hito mo shiranan
Though I do not say it, I hope that even you, as far away as the clouds, will come to know my boundless love.
Gosen Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kimi ga ne ni kurabu no yama no hototogisu izure adanaru koe masaruran
If I compare your voice with that of the cuckoo on Mount Kurabu, which, I wonder, would prove the more fickle?
Gosen Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Koite nuru yumeji ni kayou tamashii no naruru kai naku utoki kimi kana
Falling asleep in longing, my soul travels the path of dreams to you, yet for all the closeness it finds there, you remain so distant.
Gosen Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kagaribi ni aranu omoi no ika nareba namida no kawa ni ukite moyuran
My longing is no torch fire on a boat—why, then, does its flame float upon a river of tears and go on burning?
Gosen Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Machikurasu hi wa suga no ne ni omoete au yo shimo nado tama no o naran
The day I spend waiting seems as long as the roots of sedge, so why is the night we meet, of all times, as short as the cord that threads a jewel?
Gosen Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Hakanakaru yume no shirushi ni hakararete utsutsu ni makuru mi to ya narinan
Deceived by the empty sign of a dream, am I to become one who loses in waking life?
Gosen Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Omoine no yume to iite mo yaminamashi nakanaka nani ni ari to shiriken
I could have called it a dream born of longing and let it go at that. Why, all the worse, did I ever learn that you were really here?
Gosen Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Itsushika no ne ni nakikaeri koshikadomo nobe no asaji wa irozukinikeri
Crying out "soon, soon," I came hurrying back in tears, but the short reeds of the fields had already changed their color.
Gosen Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tadanobu
Hikimayu no kaku futagomori semahoshimi kuwa kokitarete naku o miseba ya
Wanting to be shut away with you, like two silkworms sharing a single cocoon, I would show you how I weep, my tears falling like stripped mulberry leaves.
Gosen Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tadanobu
Sekiyama no mine no sugimura sugiyukedo aumi wa nao zo harukekarikeru
I pass on beyond the cedar groves on the peak of Barrier Hill, and still Ōmi—the chance to meet you—lies so very far away.
Gosen Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Omoiidete otozure shikeru yamabiko no kotae ni korinu kokoro nani nari
You remembered me and sent word at last, like an echo from the mountains. What is this heart of mine that never learns from such answers?
Gosen Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Madoromanu mono kara utate shikasuga ni utsutsu ni mo aranu kokochi nomi suru
I did not drift off to sleep, and yet, strangely, I cannot shake the feeling that none of it was real.
Gosen Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Utsutsu ni mo aranu kokoro wa yume nare ya mite mo hakanaki mono o omoeba
Is a heart that does not feel real a dream, then? For even when we meet, I am lost in fleeting longing.
Gosen Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kagiri naku omoi irihi no tomo ni nomi nishi no yamabe o nagameyaru kana
Lost in boundless longing, I can only gaze into the distance toward the western hills, together with the setting sun.
Gosen Wakashu - Ono no Michikaze
Kimi ga na no tatsu ni toga naki mi nariseba ōyoso hito ni nashite mimashi ya
If I were someone who would bear no blame when rumors spread about your name, would you ever treat me as just anyone at all?
Gosen Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tadanobu