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- Shui Wakashu
Wasureji yo yume to chigirishi koto no ha wa utsutsu ni tsuraki kokoro narikeri
The words you swore—"I will never forget"—were as fleeting as a dream, and in the waking world they turned out to be a cold heart.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Atarashi to nani ni inochi o omoiken wasureba furuku narinubeki mi o
Why did I ever think my life precious, when, once forgotten by you, I am bound to grow old and be cast aside?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Chihayaburu kami no igaki mo koenubeshi ima wa waga mi no oshikeku mo nashi
I would cross even the sacred fence around the shrine of the mighty gods; now I no longer care at all what becomes of me.
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Naku namida yo wa mina umi to narinanan onaji nagisa ni nagareyorubeku
Let the tears I weep turn the whole world into sea, so that I too might drift ashore on the same beach where you, my exiled child, have been cast.
Shui Wakashu - Mother of the Monk Zen'yū
Sumiyoshi no kishi ni mukaeru Awajishima aware to kimi o iwanu hi zo naki
Like Awaji Island lying across from the shore of Sumiyoshi, there is not a single day I fail to say of you, "how dear you are."
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Sutehatemu inochi o ima wa tanomare yo aubeki koto no kono yo naraneba
Trust now in this life of mine that I am ready to cast away, for the day we are to meet does not belong to this world.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Iki shinan koto no kokoro ni kanaiseba futatabi mono wa omowazaramashi
If living and dying could be made to suit my heart, I would never again suffer this brooding of love.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Moehatete hai to narinan toki ni koso hito o omoi no yamamu go ni seme
Only when I have burned out and crumbled into ash shall the fire of my longing for you finally come to an end.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Izukata ni yukikakurenan yo no naka ni mi no areba koso hito mo tsurakere
Where shall I go to hide myself away? It is only because I am here in this world that your coldness hurts me so.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Arihemu to omoi mo kakenu yo no naka wa nakanaka mi o zo nagekazarikeru
In this world where I no longer even think of living on, I find that, strangely, I have stopped lamenting my own fate.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Itsuwari to omou mono kara imasara ni ta ga makoto o ka ware wa tanomamu
Though I believe your words are false, whose sincerity could I possibly trust in now, if not yours?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Yo no naka no uki mo tsuraki mo shinobureba omoishirazu to hito ya miruran
Because I silently bear both the sorrows of our bond and your coldness, do you perhaps look at me and think I feel nothing at all?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Hitaburu ni shinaba nani ka wa sa mo araba are ikite kainaki mono omou mi wa
If I were simply to die, what would it matter? Let it be as it will. For this self brooding in love, there is no point in living on.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Koi suru ni shini suru mono ni aramaseba chitabi zo ware wa shinikaeramashi
If love were something one could die of, I would have died and come back to life a thousand times over.
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Koite shine koite shine to ya wagimoko ga waga ie no kado o sugite yukuran
"Pine for me and die, pine for me and die"—is that what she means? My beloved seems to pass right by the gate of my house without stopping.
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Koishinaba koi mo shine to ya tamaboko no michiyukibito ni kotozute mo naki
"If you must die of love, then die"—is that what you mean? Not even a single message comes to me by those who travel the road.
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro