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- Sankashu
Tsumibito no shinuru yo mo naku moyuru hi no takigi naruran koto zo kanashiki
How sad that sinners, never allowed to die, must be the very firewood of the flames that burn on and on.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Asayū no ko o yashinai ni su to kikeba ku ni sugurete mo kanashikaruran
When I hear that they make their own children, born morning and evening, their food, surely that must be sadder than any other suffering.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kagurauta ni kusa torikau wa itakeredo nao sono koma ni naru koto wa ushi
In the sacred kagura songs it is charming to sing of cutting grass to feed the colt, yet still, to be reborn as that colt would be wretched.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yoshinashi na arasou koto o tate ni shite ikari o nomi mo musubu kokoro wa
How pointless it is, a heart that takes strife as its shield and binds itself to nothing but anger.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Arigataki hito ni narikeru kai arite satori motomuru kokoro aranan
Having been born human, so rare a thing, let it be worth it: may we have a heart that seeks enlightenment.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kumo no ue no tanoshimi tote mo kai zo naki sate shimo yagate sumishi hateneba
Even the joys of the heavens above the clouds are of no worth, for one cannot go on dwelling there forever.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Nigoritaru kokoro no mizu no sukunaki ni nani ka wa tsuki no kage yadoru beki
In the water of a heart so muddied and so scant, how could the light of the moon ever come to dwell?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ikade ware kiyoku kumoranu mi ni narite kokoro no tsuki no kage o migakan
Somehow I long to become a self pure and unclouded, and polish bright the light of the moon within my heart.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Nogarenaku tsui ni yuku beki michi o sawa shirade wa ikaga sugu bekarikeru
The road that none can escape, that all must take in the end, how then could one go on living without knowing it?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Oroka naru kokoro ni nomi ya makasu beki shi to naru koto mo aru naru mono o
Should one leave everything to a foolish heart alone? I hear one may also become the master of one's heart.
Sankashu - Saigyō
No ni tateru eda naki ki ni mo otorikeri nochi no yo shiranu hito no kokoro wa
It is worse even than a branchless tree standing out in the fields, the heart of one who knows nothing of the life to come.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Mi no usa o omoishirade ya yaminamashi somuku narai no naki yo nariseba
Would I have ended my days never knowing the sorrows of my lot, had this been a world with no custom of turning away from it?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Izuku ni ka mi o kakusamashi itoite mo ukiyo ni fukaki yama nakarise
Where could I ever hide myself, loathing the world as I do, if there were no deep mountains in this weary world?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Mi no usa no kakurega ni sen yamazato wa kokoro arite zo sumu bekarikeru
A mountain village made a hiding place from one's sorrows is a place one ought to live in with true resolve.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Aware shiru namida no tsuyu zo koborekeru kusa no iori o musubu chigiri wa
Tears of deep feeling have spilled like dew, at the karmic bond that led me to build this grass hut.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ukareizuru kokoro wa mi ni mo kanawaneba ika nari tote mo ika ni ka wa sen
The heart that wanders off will not do as I would have it, so whatever may become of it, what can I do?
Sankashu - Saigyō