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- Shui Wakashu
Kimi o nao uramitsuru kana ama no karu mo ni sumu mushi no na o wasuretsutsu
I have resented you once again after all, forgetting time and again the name of the little creature in the fisherfolk's seaweed—"warekara," my own fault.
Shui Wakashu - Eldest Daughter of Kan'in
Ama no karu mo ni sumu mushi no na wa kikedo tada warekara no tsuraki narikeri
I have heard the name of the little creature in the fisherfolk's seaweed, and indeed this pain of mine is warekara—of my own making.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Koiwabinu kanashiki koto mo nagusamen izure Nakasu no hamabe naruran
I am worn out with love. I long to soothe this sorrow—where, I wonder, is the shore of Nakasu, where no one has to weep?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kaku bakari ushi to omou ni koishiki wa ware sae kokoro futatsu arikeri
That I still long for you, though I find you so painful, means that I, too, turn out to have a heart split in two.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Tonikaku ni mono wa omowazu Hida takumi utsu suminawa no tada hitosuji ni
I will not waver this way or that; like the inked cord the craftsmen of Hida snap upon the timber, I love you along a single straight line.
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Inishie o sara ni kakeji to omoedomo ayashiku me ni mo mitsu namida kana
Though I tell myself never again to dwell on the days that are gone, strangely the tears still well up and fill my eyes.
Shui Wakashu - Emperor Murakami
Au koto wa kokoro ni mo arade hodo fu tomo sa ya wa chigirishi wasurehatene to
Even if, against my will, the days go by without our meeting, did I ever promise you such a thing as "forget me entirely"?
Shui Wakashu - Taira no Tadayori
Wasururu ka isa sa wa ware mo wasurenan hito ni shitagau kokoro to naraba
So you are forgetting me? Then come, I will forget you too—if only my heart were the kind that follows yours.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Wasurenuru kimi wa nakanaka tsurakarade ima made ikeru mi o zo uramuru
You who have forgotten me no longer seem cold; rather, it is this self of mine, still living until now, that I resent.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Ware bakari ware o omowamu hito mo gana sate mo ya uki to yo o kokoromin
If only there were someone who loved me as much as I love—then I would put love to the test, to see whether even so it would be painful.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Ayashiku mo itou ni hayuru kokoro kana ika ni shite ka wa omoitayubeki
How strange it is—this heart that only grows stronger the more it is shunned. How could I ever bring myself to give up this love?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Omou koto nasu koso kami no katakarame shibashi wasururu kokoro tsukenan
To grant my wish in love may be hard even for the gods, but please, at least give me a heart that can forget for a little while.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Takasago ni waga naku koe wa narinikeri miyako no hito wa kiki ya tsukuran
My weeping voice, crying like the deer, has carried me all the way to Takasago. I wonder—can the one I left in the capital hear it?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kashima naru Tsukuma no kami no tsukuzuku to waga mi hitotsu ni koi o tsumitsuru
As the name of the god of Tsukuma in Kashima suggests, deeply and earnestly I have heaped up all my love upon this one self alone.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Haru tatsu to omou kokoro wa ureshikute ima hitotose no oi zo soikeru
My heart rejoices at the thought that spring has come, yet with it one more year of age has been laid upon me.
Shui Wakashu - Oshikochi no Mitsune
Atarashiki toshi wa kuredomo itazura ni waga mi nomi koso furimasarikere
The new year comes, yet in vain it is only I who grow ever older.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet