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- Shin Kokin Wakashu
Yoso nagara ayashi to dani mo omoe kashi koi senu hito no sode no iro ka wa
Even from afar, at least think it strange. Could this be the color of the sleeves of someone who is not in love? Surely not.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Takamatsu-in no Uemon no Suke
Shinobi amari otsuru namida o sekikaeshi osauru sode yo ukina morasu na
O sleeve that dams and holds back the tears I shed when I can hide my love no longer, do not let any bitter rumor slip out.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kurenai ni namida no iro no nariyuku o ikushio made to kimi ni towaba ya
The color of my tears keeps turning to crimson; I would like to ask you how many times they have been dipped in the dye to become so deep.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Dōin
Yume ni te mo miyuran mono o nagekitsutsu uchinuru yoi no sode no keshiki wa
Even in your dreams you must surely see it: the state of my sleeves in the evening, as I lie down to sleep, sighing all the while.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Princess Shokushi
Samete nochi yume narikeri to omou ni mo au wa nagori no oshiku ya wa aranu
Even when I wake and know it was only a dream, how could I not grieve to lose the lingering trace of our meeting?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sanesada
Mi ni soeru sono omokage no kienanan yume narikeri to wasuru bakari ni
Let the image of you that clings so close to me vanish, until I can forget it all and tell myself it was only a dream.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Yoshitsune
Yume no uchi ni au to mietsuru nezame koso tsurenaki yori mo sode wa nurekere
It is on waking from a dream in which we seemed to meet, more than at your coldness, that my sleeves grow wet with tears.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sanemune
Tanome okishi asaji ga tsuyu ni aki kakete ko no ha furishiku yado no kayoiji
You promised you would come, but while I waited from the time of dew on the low reeds on into autumn, fallen leaves have covered the path that leads to my house.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tadayoshi
Shinobi amari ama no kawase ni kotoyosen semete wa aki o wasure dani su na
No longer able to hide my love, I will speak of it through the shallows of the River of Heaven: at least do not forget the autumn, when the lovers meet once a year.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tsuneie
Tanomete mo harukekarubeki kaeruyama ikue no kumo no uchi ni matsuran
Even though you promise to return, Mount Kaeru must lie far, far away; how many layers of cloud will stand between us while I wait?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Kamo no Shigemasa
Au koto wa itsu to ibuki no mine ni ouru sashimo taesenu omoi narikeri
When shall we meet? Who can say? Like the moxa-grass that grows on the peak of Ibuki, the fire of my love burns on, never dying out.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Iefusa
Fuji no ne no keburi mo nao zo tachinoboru ue naki mono wa omoi narikeri
The smoke of Mount Fuji still rises high into the sky; yet what has nothing higher above it, what surpasses all, is the fire of my love.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Ietaka
Nakina nomi tatsuta no yama ni tatsu kumo no yukue mo shiranu nagame o zo suru
Only groundless rumors rise about me, like the clouds that rise over Mount Tatsuta; and not knowing where they drift, I gaze on, lost in thought.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Toshitada
Au koto no munashiki sora no ukigumo wa mi o shiru ame no tayori narikeri
The drifting, doleful clouds in the empty sky of meetings that never come are what bring the rain of tears that teaches me how little I am worth.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Prince Koreakira
Waga koi wa au o kagiri no tanomi dani yukue mo shiranu sora no ukigumo
My love rests its last hope on meeting, yet even that hope is like a doleful cloud drifting in the sky, not knowing where it goes.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Minamoto no Michitomo
Omokage no kasumeru tsuki zo yadorikeru haru ya mukashi no sode no namida ni
The moon, misted over like your remembered face, had come to dwell in the tears upon my sleeve, as I wept to ask whether spring is no longer the spring of old.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - The Daughter of Fujiwara no Shunzei