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- Shui Wakashu
Yuku mizu no awa naraba koso kiekaeri hito no fuchise o nagarete mo mime
If only I were the foam on flowing water, vanishing and rising again, I would drift through the deeps and shallows of your heart and see.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Tomokakumo iihanatare yo ikemizu no fukasa asasa o tare ka shirubeki
One way or another, please say it plainly. Who could ever tell from outside how deep or shallow the water of a pond is?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Somekawa o wataran hito no ikadeka wa iro ni naru chō koto no nakaran
How could anyone who crosses the Dyeing River fail to be dyed in its colors, to become, as they say, a lover?
Shui Wakashu - Ariwara no Narihira
Chihayaburu Kamo no kawabe no fujinami wa kakete wasururu toki no naki kana
Like the wisteria hanging along the banks of the Kamo River, you hang in my heart, and there is never a moment I forget you.
Shui Wakashu - Hyōe
Yo no naka wa ikaga wa semashi shigeyama no aoba no sugi no shirushi dani nashi
What am I to do with this bond of ours? On a hill thick with green-leaved cedars, there is not even one to serve as a sign.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Umoregi wa naka mushibamu to iu mereba Kumeji no hashi wa kokoro shite yuke
They say a buried log is eaten by worms inside, so take care as you cross the bridge of Kumeji.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Yo no naka wa isa tomo isa ya kaze no oto wa aki ni aki sou kokochi koso sure
As for our bond, who knows, who knows? The sound of the wind makes me feel as if autumn were piled on autumn, weariness heaped on weariness.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Iwami naru Takama no yama no ko no ma yori waga furu sode o imo miken kamo
I wonder if my beloved saw me waving my sleeve from between the trees on Mount Takama in Iwami.
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Okitsu nami Takashi no hama no hamamatsu no na ni koso kimi o machiwataritsure
Like the beach pines of Takashi, where the waves of the open sea run high, true to their name I have long been pining, waiting for you.
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Kimi o nomi omoiyaritsutsu kami yori mo kokoro no sora ni narishi yoi kana
Thinking only of you all the while, my heart was more lost in the sky than the thunder rolling there, such was last evening.
Shui Wakashu - Emperor Murakami
Omoiyaru Koshi no Shirayama shiranedomo hitoyo mo yume ni koenu hi zo naki
I do not know the White Mountain of Koshi where my thoughts go out to you, yet there is not a single night I do not cross it in my dreams.
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Yamashina no Kohata no sato ni uma wa aredo kachi yori zo kuru kimi o omoeba
There are horses in the village of Kohata in Yamashina, yet I have come on foot, because I think of you.
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Kasugayama kumoi kakurete tōkeredo ie wa omowazu kimi o koso omoe
Mount Kasuga is hidden far away beyond the clouds, yet it is not my home I think of, but only you.
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Waga seko o kouru mo kurushi itoma araba hiroite yukamu koiwasuregai
Even longing for my dear one is painful. If only I had the time, I would pick up and take with me the shells said to make one forget love.
Shui Wakashu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Furusato o kouru tamoto mo kawakanu ni mata shiotaruru ama mo arikeri
My sleeves, wet with longing for home, are not yet dry, and here I find fisherfolk too, dripping with brine.
Shui Wakashu - The Monk Egyo
Shiotaruru mi wa ware to nomi omoedomo yoso naru tazu mo ne o zo nakunaru
I had thought that only I was drenched with brine and tears, yet the crane far off is crying out as well, it seems.
Shui Wakashu - Ōnakatomi no Yorimoto