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- Senzai Wakashu
Yo to tomo ni kokoro o kakete tanomedomo ware kara kami no kataki shirushi ka
All my days I have set my heart on the god and trusted in him; is it through my own failing that his blessing is so hard to win?
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Toshiyori
Aki no no ni tare o sasowamu yukikaeri hitori wa hagi o miru kai mo nashi
Whom shall I ask to come with me to the autumn moor? Going there and back to view the bush clover alone is not worth the trouble.
Senzai Wakashu - Mother of Fujiwara no Yorisuke
Aki wa kiri kiri suginureba yuki furite haruru ma mo naki miyamabe no sato
Autumn brings the mist, and when the mist has passed, the snow falls; there is never a moment of clear sky in this village deep in the mountains.
Senzai Wakashu - Taikenmon-in no Horikawa
Inariyama shirushi no sugi no toshi furite mitsu no miyashiro kamisabinikeri
The cedars of blessing on Mount Inari have grown old with the years, and the three shrines have taken on a sacred, aged dignity.
Senzai Wakashu - Ukei
Na ni shi owaba tsune wa Yurugi no mori ni shimo ikade ka sagi no i wa yasuku nuru
If it lives up to its name, the wood of Yurugi must always be swaying; how then can the heron sleep there so peacefully?
Senzai Wakashu - Tōren
Ayashiku mo hana no atari ni fuseru kana oraba togamuru hito ya aru tote
How strange that I should lie stretched out beside the flowers, all for fear that someone would scold me if I broke off a branch.
Senzai Wakashu - Dōmyō
U no hana yo ide kotogotoshi Kakeshima no nami mo sa koso wa iwa o koeshika
Deutzia flowers, how showy you are! The waves of Kakeshima once came surging over the rocks in just that way.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Toshiyori
Kyō kakuru tamoto ni ne sase ayamegusa uki wa waga mi ni ari to shirazu ya
Iris hung on my sleeve today, put down your roots here in my sleeve. Do you not know that the mire you love, the misery that sounds like it, lies in me?
Senzai Wakashu - Dōin
Tomoshi shite Hakone no yama ni akenikeri futa yori mi yori au to seshi ma ni
Hunting by torchlight on Mount Hakone, I found the dawn had broken while I was trying to meet the deer that came near twice, three times.
Senzai Wakashu - Tachibana no Toshitsuna
Natsu no uchi wa hata kakurete mo arazu shite oritachinikeru mushi no koe kana
While it is still summer, instead of hiding in the shadows, this insect has already come down to sing, as if setting to its weaving.
Senzai Wakashu - Gō no Jijū
Aki kureba aki no keshiki mo miekeru wa toki naranu mi to nani ni iuran
When autumn comes, the look of autumn shows itself in due time. Why then should I call myself one whose time has never come?
Senzai Wakashu - Prince Sukehito
Asatsuyu o hi takete mireba ato mo nashi hagi no uraba ni mono ya towamashi
When I look at the morning dew with the sun already high, not a trace remains. Shall I ask the leaf tips of the bush clover where it went?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tameyori
Tsubana oishi ono no shibafu no asatsuyu o nukichirashikeru tama ka to zo miru
The morning dew on the turf of the little moor where cogon flowers grew looks to me like jewels slipped from their string and scattered about.
Senzai Wakashu - Hanazono no Sadaijin-ke no Kodaishin
Ochiniki to kataraba katare ominaeshi koyoi wa hana no kage ni yadoran
If you must tell people that I have fallen, then tell them, maidenflower. Tonight I will lodge in the shade of your blossoms.
Senzai Wakashu - Hangen
Kure no aki koto ni sayakeki tsukikage wa toyo ni amarite miyo to narikeri
The moonlight of waning autumn, clear and bright beyond all others, falls on the thirteenth night, ten nights and three more, telling us, "Look!"
Senzai Wakashu - Kamo no Masahira
Itabisashi sasu ya kayaya no shigure koso oto shi otosenu kata wa wakunare
The winter showers falling on a thatched hut fitted with board eaves seem to divide the places that ring with sound from those left silent.
Senzai Wakashu - Kenshō