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- Shin Kokin Wakashu
Hitori fusu aretaru yado no toko no ue ni aware ikuyo no nezame shitsuran
Lying alone on my bed in this ruined house, ah, how many nights have I woken in the dark?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Daughter of the Monk Anpō
Yamashiro no yodo no wakakomo kari ni kite sode nurenu to wa kakotazaranan
Like one who comes to cut the young rushes of Yodo in Yamashiro, you come only in passing—so do not grumble that your sleeves have been soaked.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Minamoto no Shigeyuki
Kakete omou hito mo nakeredo yū sareba omokage taenu tamakazura kana
Though there is no one who keeps me in their heart, when evening comes her image never fades—like a jeweled vine that is never broken.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Itsuwari o tadasu no mori no yūdasuki kaketsutsu chikae ware o omowaba
In the Wood of Tadasu, where falsehoods are judged, put on the sacred cotton sash and swear before the gods—if you truly love me.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Taira no Sadafun
Ikabakari ureshikaramashi morotomo ni koiraruru mi mo kurushikariseba
How happy I would be if only you, the one I love, were suffering together with me.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Retired Emperor Toba
Ware bakari tsuraki o shinobu hito ya aru to ima yo ni araba omoiawaseyo
Is there anyone else who endures a lover's coldness as I do? If you are alive in this world now, think it over and compare.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Kujō Kanezane
Tada tanome tatoeba hito no itsuwari o kasanete koso wa mata mo uramime
Just keep trusting. Even if the one you love should pile falsehood upon falsehood, it will be time enough then to resent it once again.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Jien
Tsurashi to wa omou mono kara fushishiba no shibashi mo korinu kokoro narikeri
I know you are heartless, and yet, like brushwood cut and laid on the ground, my heart has not learned its lesson, not even for a little while.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Iemichi
Tanome koshi koto no ha bakari todome okite asaji ga tsuyu to kienamashikaba
Had I vanished like the dew on the low reed grass, leaving behind only the words you gave me to trust—what then?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Aware ni mo tare ka wa tsuyu mo omowamashi kienokorubeki waga mi naraneba
Had you vanished, who would have grieved for you, even a dewdrop's worth? No one—for I am not one who could linger on, unvanished, after you.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Minamoto no Masamichi
Tsuraki o mo uraminu ware ni narau na yo ukimi o shiranu hito mo koso are
Do not grow used to me, who bears no grudge even against your coldness—there are others in this world who do not know their wretched place so well.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Kojiju
Nani ka itou yo mo nagaraeji sa nomi ya wa uki ni taetaru inochi narubeki
Why should I hate my life? Surely it will not last long. How could a life go on forever enduring such pain?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Inpumon-in no Taifu
Koishinan inochi wa nao mo oshiki kana onaji yo ni aru kai wa nakeredo
Though I may die of love, this life is still dear to me—even if living in the same world as you brings me nothing.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Yorisuke
Aware tote hito no kokoro no nasake are na kazu naranu ni wa yoranu nageki o
Out of pity, let there be kindness in my beloved's heart—for this grief of mine does not come from my being of no account.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Saigyō
Mi o shireba hito no toga to wa omowanu ni uramigao ni mo nururu sode kana
Because I know my own place, I do not think it is my beloved's fault—and yet, as if reproaching, my sleeves are soaked with tears.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Saigyō
Yoshi saraba nochi no yo to dani tanome oke tsurasa ni taenu mi to mo koso nare
Very well, then—at least promise me the life to come. For I may yet become one who cannot bear your coldness any longer.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Shunzei