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- Senzai Wakashu
Tsuyu shigeki yomogi ga naka no mushi no ne o oboroke nite ya hito no tazunen
Would anyone come seeking with only an ordinary heart the voice of insects deep in the dew-laden mugwort, the sound of my koto in this neglected house?
Senzai Wakashu - Murasaki Shikibu
Hito shirenu Ōuchiyama no yamamori wa kogakurete nomi tsuki o miru kana
Unknown to anyone, I, the keeper of the mountain of the palace, can only gaze upon the moon from hiding behind the trees.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Yorimasa
Aki o hete hikari o mase to omoishi ni omowanu tsuki no kage ni mo aru kana
I had hoped that with each passing autumn your light would grow brighter, yet how unexpected is the moon I now see.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sanetsuna
Tou hito ni omoi yosoete miru tsuki no kumoru wa kaeru kokochi koso sure
When the moon that I watch, imagining it as a visitor, clouds over, it feels as though that friend were going home.
Senzai Wakashu - Prince-Priest Kakushō
Sasanami ya kunitsu mikami no urasabite furuki miyako ni tsuki hitori sumu
At Sasanami the gods of the land have grown desolate at heart, and over the ancient capital the moon alone shines clear, dwelling there by itself.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tadamichi
Ama no gawa sora yuku tsuki wa hitotsu nite yadoranu mizu no ikade nakaran
The moon crossing the sky where the River of Heaven flows is only one, yet how could there be any water where its reflection does not dwell?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tadamichi
Hitori ite tsuki o nagamuru aki no yo wa nanigoto o ka wa omoi nokosan
On an autumn night when I sit alone gazing at the moon, what thought could I possibly leave unthought?
Senzai Wakashu - Prince Tomohira
Mono omowanu hito mo ya koyoi nagamuran nerarenu mama ni tsuki o miru kana
Are even those untroubled by care gazing at it tonight? Unable to sleep, I sit looking at the moon.
Senzai Wakashu - Akazome Emon
Nagametsutsu mukashi mo tsuki wa mishi mono o kaku ya wa sode no hima nakaru beki
Long ago, too, I gazed at the moon lost in thought, yet was there ever a time when my sleeves had no moment free of tears as they do now?
Senzai Wakashu - Sagami
Hitori nomi aware naru ka to ware naranu hito ni koyoi no tsuki o miseba ya
Am I the only one so deeply moved? I would like to show tonight's moon to someone other than myself and find out.
Senzai Wakashu - Izumi Shikibu
Kaku bakari uki yo no naka no omoiide ni miyo to mo sumeru yowa no tsuki kana
As if to say, "Look at me, as a memory of this sorrowful world," the midnight moon shines so very clear.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Masamichi
Sumiwabite mi o kakusu beki yamazato ni amari kuma naki yowa no tsuki kana
In the mountain village where, weary of living in the world, I would hide myself away, the midnight moon shines far too clear, leaving no shadow anywhere.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Shunzei
Harimagata Suma no tsukiyome sora saete Eshima ga saki ni yuki furinikeri
On a moonlit night at Suma off the Harima shore, the sky is frozen clear, and on the cape of Eshima it looks as though snow has fallen.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Chikataka
Sayochidori Fukei no ura ni otozurete Eshima ga iso ni tsuki katabukinu
The plovers of the night call out along the shore of Fukei as the night grows late, and over the rocky shore of Eshima the moon has begun to sink.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Iemoto
Ikada orosu Kiyotakigawa ni sumu tsuki wa sao ni sawaranu kōri narikeri
The moon shining clear on the Kiyotaki River, where rafts are floated downstream, turns out to be ice that the raftsman's pole never strikes.
Senzai Wakashu - Shun'e
Ama no hara sumeru keshiki wa nodoka nite hayaku mo tsuki no nishi e yuku kana
The clear expanse of the heavens seems so calm and unhurried, yet how quickly the moon moves on toward the west.
Senzai Wakashu - Kamo no Nariyasu