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- Sankashu
Au koto no nakute yaminuru mono naraba ima miyo yo ni mo ari ya hatsuru to
If it should end without our ever meeting, just watch and see whether I go on living in this world.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ukimi tote shinobaba koi no shinobarete hito no natate ni nari mo koso sure
If I, worthless as I am, try to hide my love, the very hiding may show, and it may end in gossip about the one I love.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Misao naru namida nariseba karakoromo kakete mo hito ni shiraremashi ya wa
Had my tears been calm and composed, would anyone have known of my love, even if they fell upon my Chinese robe? Never.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Nageki amari fude no susami ni tsukusedomo omou bakari wa kakarezarikeri
Overwhelmed by grief, I tried to pour it all out with my brush, yet I could never write as much as I feel.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Waga nageku kokoro no uchi no kurushisa mo nani ni tatoete kimi ni shiraren
And the pain within my grieving heart—to what could I compare it so that you might come to know it?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ima wa tada shinobu kokoro zo tsutsumarenu nagekaba hito ya omoishiru tote
Now I can no longer keep my secret heart concealed, for I think that if I show my grief, she may at last come to understand.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kokoro ni wa fukaku shimedomo ume no hana oranu nioi wa kai nakarikeri
Though I have claimed it deep in my heart, its scent sunk in, the fragrance of a plum blossom I cannot pluck proves to be worth nothing.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Sari to yo to honoka ni hito o mitsuredomo oboenu yume no kokochi koso sure
I caught a faint glimpse of her and thought, yes, that is she—yet it feels like a dream I can scarcely believe is real.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kiekaeri kure matsu sode zo shiorenuru okitsuru hito wa tsuyu naranedomo
Fading away as I wait for evening, my sleeves are drenched and limp—though the one who rose and left at dawn was not the dew.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ika ni sen sono samidare no nagori yori yagate oyamanu sode no shizuku o
What am I to do? Ever since the lingering memory of that night of early summer rain, the drops on my sleeves have never once ceased.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Saru hodo no chigiri wa kimi ni arinagara yukanu kokoro no kurushiki ya nazo
Though there is such a deep bond between you and me, why does my heart, still unsatisfied, ache so?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ima wa sa wa oboenu yume ni nashihatete hito ni katarade yamine to zo omou
Now, then, I will turn it into a dream I cannot believe was real, and let it end without telling anyone.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Oru hito no te ni wa tomarade ume no hana ta ga utsuriga ni naran to suran
Not staying in the hand of the one who breaks it off, the plum blossom—whose clinging fragrance is it about to become?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Utatane no yume o itoishi toko no ue ni kesa ika bakari okiukaruran
On this bed where I once scorned even the dreams of a brief doze, how hard it must be this morning to rise and leave.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Hikikaete ureshikaruran kokoro ni mo ukarishi koto wa wasurezaranan
Even in your heart, now so changed and glad, please do not forget the days that were so hard to bear.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Tanabata wa au o ureshi to omouran ware wa wakare no uki koyoi kana
The stars of Tanabata must be glad to meet tonight, but for me this night is one of bitter parting.
Sankashu - Saigyō