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- Shin Kokin Wakashu
Aki no yo no ariake no tsuki no iru made ni yasuraikanete kaerinishi kana
On that autumn night I could not bear to linger until the lingering dawn moon had set, and so I went home.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Prince Atsumichi
Kokoro ni mo aranu waga mi no yukikaeri michi no sora nite kienubeki kana
Against the wishes of my own heart I go to you and come back again without meeting, and I feel I will fade away somewhere along the road.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Michinobu
Hakanaku mo akenikeru kana asatsuyu no okite no nochi zo kiemasarikeru
How fleetingly the night has broken into dawn. Since I rose and left you, as the morning dew settles and then vanishes, I feel myself fading away all the more.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Emperor Daigo
Asatsuyu no okitsuru sora mo omōezu kiekaeritsuru kokoromadoi ni
I remember nothing of the hour when I rose and parted from you, when the morning dew was settling—so lost was I in the bewilderment of a heart that had utterly faded away.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Minamoto no Shūshi
Okisouru tsuyu ya ika naru tsuyu naran ima wa kiene to omou waga mi o
What kind of dew is this that settles upon me still more, when I wish only that this self of mine would vanish now?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Emperor En'yū
Omoiidete ima wa kenubeshi yomosugara okiukaritsuru kiku no ue no tsuyu
Remembering you, I feel I must vanish now—like the dew upon the chrysanthemum, which all night long was loath to rise and leave.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Koretada
Ubatama no yoru no koromo o tachinagara kaeru mono to wa ima zo shirinuru
Wearing the robe meant for the night, I turn home still standing, without lying down beside you—only now have I learned that such a thing could be.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Saneyori
Mijikayo no nokori sukunaku fukeyukeba kanete monouki akatsuki no sora
The short summer night grows late with little of it left, and even before we part, the sky of the coming dawn weighs heavy on my heart.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kiyotada
Aku to ieba shizugokoro naki haru no yo no yume to ya kimi o yoru nomi wa min
They say the night is already breaking, and I have no peace of heart. Am I to see you only at night, like a dream on a short spring night?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Minamoto no Kiyokage
Kesa wa shimo nageki mo suran itazura ni haru no yo hitoyo yume o dani mide
This morning, surely, you must be grieving—having spent a whole spring night in vain, without even a dream.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Izumi Shikibu
Kokoro kara shibashi to tsutsumu mono kara ni shigi no hanegaki tsuraki kesa kana
It is my own choice to keep our love hidden for a while, and yet, like the snipe that preens its wings again and again at dawn, I am torn with thoughts—how painful this morning is.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Akazome Emon
Wabitsutsu mo kimi ga kokoro ni kanō tote kesa mo tamoto o hoshi zo wazurau
Grieving all the while, yet wishing to accord with your heart, this morning too I cannot dry my sleeves, soaked with tears.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Morosuke
Tamakura ni kaseru tamoto no tsuyukeki wa akenu to tsuguru namida narikeri
The sleeve I lent you as a pillow is wet as if with dew; these are the tears that tell us the night has broken.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Emperor Uda
Shibashi mate mada yo wa fukashi nagatsuki no ariake no tsuki wa hito madou nari
Wait a little longer—the night is still deep. The dawn moon of the Ninth Month shines so bright it leads people to mistake it for daybreak.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Korenari
Okite miba sode nomi nurete itodoshiku kusaba no tama no kazu ya masaran
Had I risen and looked at the dew, only my sleeves would have been soaked, and my tears would have added still more jewels of dew to the leaves of grass.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sanekata
Akenuredo mada kinuginu ni nariyarade hito no sode o mo nurashitsuru kana
Though the night has broken, we have not yet come to the parting of the morning after—and already I have wet even your sleeves with my tears.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Nijoin no Sanuki