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- Sankashu
Sashikitsuru mado no irihi o aratamete hikari o kauru yūzukuyo kana
Taking over from the setting sun that had been shining through my window, the evening moon renews the light, exchanging one radiance for another.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Imu to iite kage ni ataranu koyoi shi mo warete tsuki miru na ya tachinuran
On this very night, when people shun the moonlight as ill-omened, might I have gained a name as one who insists on gazing at the moon?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ōhara wa hira no takane no chikakereba yuki furu hodo o omoi koso yare
Since Ōhara lies so close to the high peaks of Mount Hira, how I picture what it must be like there when the snow falls.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Omoe tada miyako nite dani sode saeshi hira no takane no yuki no keshiki o
Just think of it: even in the capital my sleeves grew cold at the sight of the snow on the high peaks of Hira—how much more here.
Sankashu - Jakuzen
Koto to naku kimi koiwataru hashi no ue ni arasou mono wa tsuki no kage nomi
On the bridge I cross, longing for you without cease, the only thing that vies with my longing is the light of the moon.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Omoiyaru kokoro wa miete hashi no ue ni arasoikeri na tsuki no kage nomi
I can see your heart thinking of me—there on the bridge, it seems, it was vying with nothing but the moonlight.
Sankashu - Saijū
Shika no ne ya kokoro naraneba tomaruran sarade wa nobe o mina misuru kana
Only the cry of the deer, which is not mine to command, must stay behind here; all the rest of the autumn fields I show you, just as they are.
Sankashu - Ninsai
Shika no tatsu nobe no nishiki no kirehashi wa nokori ōkaru kokochi koso sure
These scraps of the brocade of the moors where the deer stand only make me feel how much more remains for me to see.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Hitosuji ni ikade somagi no soroiken itsuwari tsukuru kokoro takumi ni
How is it that the timbers came to be lined up so evenly? By the craft of hearts skilled in fashioning falsehood.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Waga tame ni tsuraki kokoro o minazuki no tezukara yagate harae utenan
On this last day of the Waterless Month, please take all the coldness in your heart toward me and, with your own hands, purify it and cast it away.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Mogamigawa nabete hikuran inafune no shibashi ga hodo wa ikari orosan
Like the rice boats that all must haul up the Mogami River, I will relent in time, but for a little while longer I shall keep my anchor down and my anger with it.
Sankashu - Retired Emperor Sutoku
Tsuyoku hiku tsunade to miseyo mogamigawa sono inafune no ikari osamete
Please take my plea as a rope that hauls with all its strength on the Mogami River, and raise the anchor of that rice boat, setting your anger to rest.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Isona tsumu ama no saotome kokoro seyo oki fuku kaze ni nami takaku naru
Little fisher girl gathering seaweed on the rocks, be careful—the wind is blowing in from the open sea, and the waves are rising high.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Iso ni yoru nami ni kokoro no arawarete nezamegachi naru tomayakata kana
Washed by the waves that roll onto the rocky shore, the heart is laid bare, and one wakes so often in the night beneath the rush-mat roof.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kurenai no iro koki ume o oru hito no sode ni wa fukaki ka ya tomaruran
On the sleeves of one who breaks off a branch of deep crimson plum, surely a fragrance as deep as its color must linger.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Harukaze no fukiokosemu ni sakurabana tonari kurushiku nushi ya omowan
If the spring breeze were to blow the cherry blossoms over next door, would their owner begin to resent having a neighbor at all?
Sankashu - Saigyō