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- Senzai Wakashu
Uwagōri awa ni musuberu himo nareba kazasu hikage ni yurubu bakari o
It was a cord tied as lightly as the thin ice on the surface of the water, so in the sun-vine we wear on our heads, as ice loosens in the light of the sun, it has merely come a little loose.
Senzai Wakashu - Sei Shōnagon
Taga sato no haru no tayori ni uguisu no kasumi ni tozuru yado o tōran
On its way in spring to whose village, I wonder, does the warbler come to call at this house shut away in the haze?
Senzai Wakashu - Murasaki Shikibu
Imo to nete okiyuku asa no michi yori mo nakanaka mono no omowashiki kana
Even more than on the road home in the morning after rising from my beloved's side, I find myself lost in brooding thoughts.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Michinobu
Haru no yo no yū bakari naru tamakura ni kainaku tatan na koso oshikere
For an arm offered as a pillow for no longer than an evening of a spring night, how I would regret a rumor rising about me to no purpose.
Senzai Wakashu - Suo no Naishi
Chigiri arite haru no yo fukaki tamakura o ikaga kainaki yume ni nasu beki
There is a bond between us from a former life; how could I let this arm, offered as a pillow deep in a spring night, turn into a dream without meaning?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tadaie
Ika ni shite suginishi kata o sugushiken kurashi wazurau kinō kyō kana
How did I ever pass the days that have gone by? These days, yesterday and today, I hardly know how to get through without you.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Teishi
Kumo no ue mo kurashi kanekeru haru no hi o tokorogara to mo nagametsuru kana
That long spring day, which you too found so hard to pass above the clouds, I spent gazing out in thought, supposing it was only because of where I was.
Senzai Wakashu - Sei Shōnagon
Aimimu to omoishi koto o tagaureba tsuraki kata ni mo sadametsuru kana
Because my wish to meet you went awry, I have come to fix this quarter, where you came to turn aside, as a direction of sorrow.
Senzai Wakashu - Princess Senshi
Misogi seshi Kamo no kawanami tachikaeri hayaku mishi se ni sode wa nureki ya
Like the waves of the Kamo River where the purification was held, you have returned once more; at the shallows you once saw long ago, were your sleeves not wet with tears?
Senzai Wakashu - Daisaiin no Chūjō
Chihayaburu itsuki no miya no tabine ni wa aoi zo kusa no makura narikeri
Sleeping away from home by the Priestess's shrine, I find that my pillow of grass is hollyhock, whose name speaks of the day we meet.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sanekata
Kaoru ka ni yosouru yori wa hototogisu kikaba ya onaji koe ya shitaru to
Rather than recalling the one who is gone through a fragrant scent, I would like to hear the cuckoo, to learn whether its voice is the same as his.
Senzai Wakashu - Izumi Shikibu
Kinō made Mitarashigawa ni seshi misogi Shiga no uranami tachi zo kawareru
Until yesterday the purification was performed in the Mitarashi River; today the waves rise along the shore of Shiga, and everything has changed.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Saneyuki
Mitarashi ya kage taehatsuru kokochi shite Shiga no namiji ni sode zo nurekoshi
Feeling that my reflection in the Mitarashi River has vanished for good, I have come home along the wave-paths of Shiga with sleeves soaked in tears.
Senzai Wakashu - Princess Shokushi
Yatose made tenarashitarishi azusayumi kaeru o miru ni ne zo nakarekeru
This catalpa bow I have handled for eight long years; seeing it go back to its owner, I cannot help but cry aloud.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Koremichi
Nani ka sore omoi sutsu beki azusayumi mata hikikaesu toki mo arinan
Why should you put it from your mind? Just as one draws a catalpa bow back, surely a time will come when you return to office again.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Masasada
Kinō mishi shinobu mojizuri tare naran kokoro no hodo zo kagiri shirarenu
Who was it, I wonder, wearing the shinobu print I saw yesterday? The depth of the thoughtfulness behind it knows no bounds.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Akisuke