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- Gosen Wakashu
Toshi o hete nigori dani senu sabie ni wa tama mo kaerite ima zo sumubeki
At Sabie Inlet, which has never grown muddy through all the years, the pearls will surely return and now dwell there in clear waters.
Gosen Wakashu - Mibu no Tadamine
Furusato no mikasa no yama wa tōkeredo koe wa mukashi no utokaranu kana
Mount Mikasa, my old home, now lies far away, and yet the voices there still sound as close and familiar as in the days of old.
Gosen Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kanesuke
Hikite ueshi hito wa mube koso oinikere matsu no kodakaku narinikeru kana
No wonder the one who pulled up the seedling and planted it has grown old—see how tall the pine has grown!
Gosen Wakashu - Oshikochi no Mitsune
Oyamada no odorokashi ni mo kozarishi o ito hitaburu ni nigeshi kimi kana
I did not come like the clapper in a little mountain field to frighten you, and yet how utterly you fled!
Ikade ka no toshikiri mo senu tane mogana aretaru yado ni uete mirubeku
How I wish I had that seed which never skips a year, so that I might plant it at my desolate house and watch it grow.
Gosen Wakashu - Fujiwara no Yoshiko
Haru goto ni yukite nomi mimu toshikiri mo sezu to iu tane wa oinu to ka kiku
Each spring I will go simply to look, for I hear that the seed said never to skip a year has already sprouted.
Gosen Wakashu - Princess Yasuko
Omoiki ya kimi ga koromo o nugikaete koki murasaki no iro o kimu to wa
Did I ever imagine that you would change out of your robe and put on one of deep purple?
Gosen Wakashu - Fujiwara no Morosuke
Inishie mo chigiritekeri na uchihabuki tobitachinubeshi ama no hagoromo
It seems we pledged this long ago; beating my wings, I feel I might fly off at any moment in this heavenly robe of feathers.
Gosen Wakashu - Minamoto no Moroakira
Furusato no nara no miyako no hajime yori narenikeri to mo miyuru koromo ka
What a robe this is—it looks as though it has been worn soft ever since the founding of Nara, the ancient capital.
Gosen Wakashu - Taifu
Furinu tote omoi mo suteji karagoromo yosoete ayana urami mo zo suru
I would never cast it aside merely for growing old, this fine robe—so do not liken yourself to it and resent me without reason.
Gosen Wakashu - Fujiwara no Masatada
Nagarete no yo o mo tanomazu mizu no ue no awa ni kienuru ukimi to omoeba
I place no trust in the world as it flows on ahead, for I think of myself as a wretched thing that will vanish like foam upon the water.
Gosen Wakashu - Oe no Chisato
Mubatama no koyoi bakari zo akegoromo akenaba hito o yoso ni koso mime
Only tonight are we together like this; when dawn breaks, I shall see you in your crimson robe as one who stands apart from us.
Gosen Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kanesuke
Hito watasu koto dani naki o nani shi ka mo nagara no hashi to mi no narinuran
Though I carry no one across, why is it that I have come to be like the old Bridge of Nagara?
Gosen Wakashu - Fujiwara no Onshi
Fururu mi wa namida no uchi ni miyureba ya nagara no hashi ni ayamataruran
Is it because this aging self appears amid a flood of tears that it is mistaken for the Bridge of Nagara?
Gosen Wakashu - Ise
Hitori nomi nagamete toshi o furusato no aretaru sama o ika ni miruramu
How must you now look upon the ruin of the old home where, all alone and lost in thought, you let the years go by?
Gosen Wakashu - Prince Atsumi
Mame naredo adana wa tachinu tawarejima yoru shiranami o nureginu ni kite
Though I am faithful, a name for fickleness has risen against me; I wear the white waves that break by night at Tawarejima, the Isle of Dalliance, as a robe soaked with false blame.
Gosen Wakashu - Ōe no Asatsuna