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- Senzai Wakashu
Au koto wa mi o kaete to mo matsu beki o yoyo o hedaten hodo zo kanashiki
Our meeting I should wait for, even if I must be born again; yet how sad, the span of the many lives that will lie between.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Shunzei
Omoine no yume ni nagusamu koi nareba awanedo kure no sora zo mataruru
Since mine is a love consoled only by the dreams that come when I fall asleep thinking of you, though we cannot meet, I find myself waiting for the evening sky.
Senzai Wakashu - Gishumon-in no Tango
Koiwabite uchinuru yoi no yume ni dani au to wa hito no mieba koso arame
Worn out with longing, I lie down at night—if only in my dreams, at least, I could see us meet, that would be something; but not even that is granted.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Shigenori
Wabitsutsu wa nare dani kimi ni tokonare yo kawasanu yowa no makura nari tomo
While I languish here, at least you, little lion, grow used to her bed—even though you are a pillow for nights we never share.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Saneie
Nagekitsutsu kawasanu yowa no tsumoru ni wa makura mo utoku naranu mono ka wa
As the nights pile up when, grieving, we never share a pillow, how could even a pillow not grow distant? It surely will.
Senzai Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kore wa mina omoishi koto zo nareshi yori aware nagori o ikani sen to wa
All this I had foreseen: from the moment we grew close, I thought, "Ah, what shall I do with all that will linger after?"
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tadayoshi
Shinu tote mo kokoro o wakuru mono naraba kimi ni nokoshite nao ya koimashi
Even in death, if the heart could only be divided, would I not leave part of it with you and go on loving you still?
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Michichika
Utatane ni hakanaku sameshi yume o dani kono yo ni mata wa mide ya yaminan
Even that dream from which I woke so fleetingly in a passing doze: must it all end without my ever seeing it again in this world?
Senzai Wakashu - Sagami
Ne o nakeba sode wa kuchite mo usenu meri nao uki koto zo tsukisezarikeru
Because I weep aloud, my sleeves seem to have rotted away and vanished; and yet, I find, my sorrows have never come to an end.
Senzai Wakashu - Izumi Shikibu
Tomokaku mo iwaba nabete ni narinu beshi ne ni nakite koso misu bekarikere
Whatever I might put into words would surely sound commonplace; it is by weeping aloud that I ought to have shown you my heart.
Senzai Wakashu - Izumi Shikibu
Ariake no tsuki mizu hima ni okite inishi hito no nagori o nagameshi mono o
He rose and left so early that I never even saw the dawn moon, and long I gazed, lost in thought, at the traces he had left behind, and yet...
Senzai Wakashu - Izumi Shikibu
Wasururu wa ukiyo no tsune to omou ni mo mi o yaru kata no naki zo wabinuru
Though I tell myself that being forgotten is simply the way of this sorrowful world, still I grieve that I have no means of easing my heart.
Senzai Wakashu - Murasaki Shikibu
Chihayaburu Kamo no yashiro no kami mo kike kimi wasurezu wa ware mo wasureji
Let the gods of the Kamo Shrine hear this too: if you do not forget me, I will not forget you either.
Senzai Wakashu - Uma no Naishi
Utagaishi inochi bakari wa ari nagara chigirishi naka no taenu beki kana
My life, which I doubted would last, still goes on; yet the bond we pledged to each other seems about to break.
Senzai Wakashu - Daini no Sanmi
Karibito wa togame mo ya sen kusa shigemi ayashiki tori no ato no midare o
Will the hunter not find it suspicious, I wonder: these strange bird tracks, all in a tangle in the thick grass?
Senzai Wakashu - Sagami
Yama yori mo fukaki tokoro o tazune miba waga kokoro ni zo hito wa iru beki
If you would seek a place deeper even than the mountains, then it is into my heart that you ought to come.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tadanobu