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- Shui Wakashu
Toshitsuki no yukuran kata mo omōezu aki no hatsuka ni hito no miyureba
I no longer know where the months and years are going, for I see that person only fleetingly, in autumn.
Shui Wakashu - Ise
Omoiki ya aiminu hodo no toshitsuki o kazou bakari ni naran mono to wa
Did I ever imagine that the years we have gone without seeing each other would grow so many that I would be counting them?
Shui Wakashu - Ise
Haruka naru hodo ni mo kayou kokoro kana saritote hito no shiranu mono yue
Even across so great a distance my heart goes to you—and yet, even so, you will never know.
Shui Wakashu - Ise
Kumoi naru hito o haruka ni omou ni wa waga kokoro sae sora ni koso nare
When I think of you so far away, as if beyond the clouds, even my own heart drifts off into the empty sky.
Shui Wakashu - Minamoto no Tsunemoto
Yoso ni arite kumoi ni miyuru imo ga ie ni hayaku itaramu ayume kurokoma
My love's house lies far off, seen beyond the clouds; I want to get there soon—go on, my black horse!
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Waga kaeru michi no kurokoma kokoro araba kimi wa kozu tomo onore inanake
Black horse on the road I take home, if you have a heart, then even if my love does not come, you at least must neigh.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Nagekitsutsu hitori nuru yo no akuru ma wa ika ni hisashiki mono to ka wa shiru
Do you have any idea how long the hours can be until dawn, for one who sleeps alone through the night in grief?
Shui Wakashu - The Mother of Fujiwara no Michitsuna
Nageki koru hito iru yama no ono no e no hotohotoshiku mo narinikeru kana
Like the axe of woodsmen cutting firewood in the mountains, ringing hoto, hoto, I have piled grief upon grief until I am close to death.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Hito ni dani shirasede irishi okuyama ni koishisa ikade tazunekitsuran
I came into these deep mountains without telling a soul—so how did longing find its way here to seek me out?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kage taete obotsukanasa no masukagami mizu wa waga mi no usa mo shirareji
Your image no longer appears, and my unease only grows, like this clear mirror; if I never look into it, I will not have to see my own misery.
Shui Wakashu - Daughter of Fujiwara no Kunimochi
Omoimasu hito shi nakereba masukagami utsureru kage to ne o nomi zo naku
Since no one loves me more than I love, I do nothing but weep aloud, with only the image in the clear mirror beside me.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Waga sode no nururu o hito no togamezu wa ne o dani yasuku nakubeki mono o
If only no one would ask why my sleeves are wet, I could at least weep aloud as freely as I liked.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kazu naranu mi wa tada ni dani omōete ika ni seyo to ka nagameraruran
This worthless self is wretched enough as it is; what more would you have me do, that I should be sunk so deep in brooding?
Shui Wakashu - Koma no Myōbu
Yume ni sae hito no tsurenaku mietsureba nete mo samete mo mono o koso omoe
Even in my dreams you seemed cold to me, so whether I sleep or wake, all I do is brood.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Miru yume no utsutsu ni naru wa yo no tsune zo utsutsu no yume ni naru zo kanashiki
It is the way of the world for dreams to come true; but how sad it is when what was real turns into a dream.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Au koto wa yume no uchi ni mo ureshikute nezame no koi zo wabishikarikeru
Meeting you brings me joy even in a dream, but the longing I wake to afterward is wretched indeed.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet