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- Shin Kokin Wakashu
Isonokami Furu no wasada no ho ni wa idezu kokoro no uchi ni koi ya wataran
Like the early rice of Furu in Isonokami that has not yet put forth its ears, must I go on loving only within my heart, never letting it show?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Kasugano no wakamurasaki no surigoromo shinobu no midare kagiri shirarezu
Like the tangled pattern of this robe printed with the young murasaki of Kasuga moor, the turmoil of my secret longing knows no bounds.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Ariwara no Narihira
Murasaki no iro ni kokoro wa aranedomo fukaku zo hito o omoisometsuru
My heart is not the color of murasaki, and yet how deeply I have begun to love you, as though my heart were steeped in that dye.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Emperor Daigo
Mikanohara wakite nagaruru Izumigawa itsu miki tote ka koishikaruran
Like the Izumi River that wells up and flows dividing the plain of Mika, when was it that I saw you, that I should long for you so?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kanesuke
Sonohara ya Fuseya ni ouru hahakigi no ari to wa miete awanu kimi kana
Like the broom tree growing by the low hut at Sonohara, which seems to be there from afar but vanishes as one draws near, you seem to be there, yet you will not meet me.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Sakanoue no Koreyuki
Toshi o hete omou kokoro no shirushi ni zo sora mo tayori no kaze wa fukikeru
As a sign of the heart that has longed for you through the years, even the sky has sent a favoring wind to carry my words to you.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Takamitsu
Toshitsuki wa waga mi ni soete suginuredo omou kokoro no yukazu mo aru kana
The months and years have passed, keeping company with me, and yet this heart that longs for you has never once found contentment.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Minamoto no Takaakira
Morotomo ni aware to iwazu hito shirenu towazugatari o ware nomi ya sen
Without our sighing together over how moving it is, must I alone carry on this talk that no one asked for, unknown to anyone?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Mother of Major Counselor Toshikata
Hitozute ni shirasete shigana kakurenu no migomori ni nomi koi ya wataran
If only I could let you know, even through someone else! Must I go on loving like a hidden marsh, my feelings sunk beneath the water where no one sees?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Asatada
Migomori no numa no iwagaki tsutsumedomo ika naru hima ni nururu tamoto zo
Like the stones that ring a marsh whose waters lie hidden, I keep my feelings closely wrapped, yet through what gap do they seep, that my sleeve should be so wet?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Takato
Karagoromo sode ni hitome wa tsutsumedomo koboruru mono wa namida narikeri
I keep it wrapped from others' eyes within the sleeve of my Chinese robe, yet what spills out in spite of all, I find, is my tears.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Koretada
Amatsusora toyo no akari ni mishi hito no nao omokage no shiite koishiki
The one I saw at the Festival of Abundant Light in the heavenly court: even now her image lingers, and I long for her beyond all reason.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kintō
Aratama no toshi ni makasete miru yori wa ware koso koeme Ōsaka no seki
Rather than watch idly as the year runs its course and crosses into the new, it is I who will cross it: the Barrier of Ōsaka, the Hill of Meeting.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Koretada
Waga yado wa soko to mo nani ka oshiubeki iwade koso mime tazunekeri ya to
Why should I tell you where my home is? I will say nothing and simply watch to see whether you truly come looking for it.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Hon'in no Jijū
Waga omoi sora no keburi to narinureba kumoi nagara mo nao tazuneten
Since the fire of my longing has risen as smoke into the sky, even from far among the clouds I will go on seeking you all the more.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kanemichi
Shirushi naki keburi o kumo ni magaetsutsu yo o hete Fuji no yama to moenan
Passing off as clouds the smoke of a love that bears no fruit, night after night I shall surely go on burning, like Mount Fuji.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki