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- Kokin Wakashu
Ogurosaki mizu no kojima no hito naraba miyako no tsuto ni iza to iwamashi o
If Ogurosaki and the little isle of Mizu were people, I would say, come with me, and take them to the capital as a gift.
Misaburai mikasa to mōse miyagino no ko no shita tsuyu wa ame ni masareri
Attendant, tell your lord to put on his hat: the dew dripping from the trees of Miyagino is heavier than any rain.
Mogami gawa noboreba kudaru inabune no ina ni wa arazu kono tsuki bakari
Like the rice boats plying up and down the Mogami, ina, but it is not a no: only this month, please wait.
Kimi o okite adashi gokoro o waga motaba sue no matsuyama nami mo koenamu
If I ever turned from you and let my heart stray, the waves themselves would sweep over Sue no Matsuyama.
Koyorogi no iso tachinarashi isona tsumu mezashi nurasu na oki ni ore nami
Waves, do not soak the girl who wanders the rocks of Koyorogi picking sea greens; keep yourselves out at sea.
Tsukubane no konomo kanomo ni kage wa aredo kimi ga mikage ni masu kage wa nashi
On every side of Mount Tsukuba there is shade, yet no shade is greater than the shelter of your kindness, my lord.
Tsukubane no mine no momijiba ochitsumori shiru mo shiranu mo namete kanashi mo
As the autumn leaves of Tsukuba's peak fall and pile up together, so everyone, known or unknown, is equally dear to me.
Kaigane o saya ni mo mishika kekere naku yokōri fuseru saya no nakayama
I long to see the peaks of Kai clearly, yet there, heartlessly lying across my view, is Sayo no Nakayama.
Kaigane o nekoshi yamakoshi fuku kaze o hito ni mo gamo ya kotozute yaramu
The wind that blows over ridge and hill from the peaks of Kai: if only it were a person, I would send my message with it.
Ōnoura ni katae sashiōi naru nashi no nari mo narazu mo nete katarawamu
Like the pear tree at Ō Bay that leans a branch over the water and bears fruit, whether our love bears fruit or not, let us lie together and talk.
Chihayaburu kamo no yashiro no himekomatsu yorozuyo fu tomo iro wa kawaraji
The little pine at the sacred Kamo Shrine will keep its green unchanged though ten thousand ages pass.
Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Toshiyuki