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- Shin Kokin Wakashu
Karisome no wakare to kyō o omoedomo isa ya makoto no tabi ni mo aruramu
I tell myself today's parting is only for a while, and yet, who can say, it may prove to be a journey in truth.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Shun'e
Kaerikomu hodo o ya hito ni chigiramashi shinobarenubeki waga mi nariseba
Would I have promised that person when I would come back, if only I were someone sure to be longed for and remembered?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Tōren
Tare to shi mo shiranu wakare no kanashiki wa matsura no oki o izuru funabito
Even a parting from strangers is sad—the boatmen setting out past the shores of Matsura into the open sea.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Takanobu
Harubaru to kimi ga wakubeki shiranami o ayashi ya tomaru sode ni kaketsuru
How strange that the white waves you must cut through on your long journey have broken instead upon the sleeves of one who stays behind.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Shun'e
Kimi inaba tsuki matsu tote mo nagameyaramu azuma no kata no yūgure no sora
Once you have gone, I will say I am waiting for the moon, and gaze off toward the eastern sky at evening.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Saigyō
Tanomeokamu kimi mo kokoro ya nagusamu to kaeramu koto wa itsu to naku tomo
I will let you count on my return, thinking it may ease your heart, even though I cannot say when that return will be.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Saigyō
Saritomo to nao au koto o tanomu kana shide no yamaji o koenu wakare wa
Even so, I still count on our meeting again, for this is not a parting that crosses the mountain road of death.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Saigyō
Kaerikomu hodo o chigiramu to omoedomo oinuru mi koso sadamegatakere
I would promise you the time of my return, yet a body as old as mine is not a thing I can fix a date upon.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Dōin
Karisome no tabi no wakare to shinoburedo oi wa namida mo e koso todomene
I bear it by telling myself this is only a passing parting for a journey, yet old age cannot hold back even its tears.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Shunzei
Wakarenishi hito wa mata mo ya miwa no yama suginishi kata o ima ni nasabaya
Shall I ever see again the one I parted from? How I long to make the days that have passed into the present once more.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Hafuribe no Narinaka
Wasuru na yo yadoru tamoto wa kawaru tomo katami ni shiboru yowa no tsukikage
Do not forget it: though the sleeves where the moon lodges will be parted, remember the midnight moonlight we wring from our sleeves together, a keepsake for us both.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Teika
Nagori omou tamoto ni kanete shirarekeri wakaruru tabi no yukusue no tsuyu
These sleeves, grieving at the parting, have already told me of the dew that waits along the road of the journey ahead.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Prince Koreakira
Miyako oba kokoro o sora ni idenu tomo tsuki mimu tabi ni omoiokose yo
Though you leave the capital with your heart adrift, send your thoughts back to me each time you look at the moon.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Wakareji wa kumoi no yoso ni narinu tomo sonata no kaze no tayori sugusu na
Though the road of parting leaves you far beyond the clouds, let no wind from your quarter pass without bringing word from you.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Minamoto no Yukimune
Iro fukaku sometaru tabi no karigoromo kaeramu made no katami to mo miyo
Look on this deeply dyed hunting robe for your journey as a keepsake until the day you come home.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Akitsuna
Tobu tori no asuka no sato o okite inaba kimi ga atari wa miezu kamo aran
If I go away and leave behind Asuka, the village of the flying birds, I fear the place where you dwell will no longer be seen.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Empress Genmei