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- Masukagami
Ametofuru namidanoiroya korenaran sodeyorihokani somurumomijiba
Is this the colour of tears that fall like rain? Beyond my sleeves they have dyed even these autumn leaves.
Masukagami - The Prince of the Dazaifu Office
Ikushioka namidanoirono sometsuran kyōokagirino akinomomijiba
How many dippings did the colour of your tears take, to dye these autumn leaves that are autumn's only for today?
Masukagami - Fujiwara no Kinaki
Momijibani nakunewataezu utsusemino karakurenaimo namidatoyamin
On the crimson leaves the crying never ceases; shall we take the deep scarlet of the empty cicada's shell for tears as well?
Masukagami - Fujiwara no Tamefuji
Yamahimeno namidanoiromo konogorowa wakiteyasomuru tsutanomomijiba
Does the colour of the mountain goddess's tears dye these ivy leaves more deeply than ever in these days?
Masukagami - Kiyotada
Yononakano nagekinoiroo shiranebaya kozonikawaranu tsutanomomijiba
Is it because they do not know the colour of the world's grief that these ivy leaves are no different from last year?
Masukagami - Mitsutada
Sasuganao irowakonohani nokorikeri katamimokanashi akinowakareji
And yet the colour has stayed on the leaves after all; taken as a keepsake it is sad—this parting road of autumn.
Masukagami - The Princess of the Northern Hall
Onozukara nagameyasuramu tobakarini akugarekitsuru ariakenotsuki
Thinking only that you too might be gazing at it, I came, drawn out of myself, under the daybreak moon.
Masukagami - The Prince of the Dazaifu Office
Itazurani matsuyoisugishi murasamewa omoizotaeshi ariakenotsuki
I waited in vain; the evening passed in a sudden shower, and my longing gave out before the daybreak moon.
Masukagami - The Princess of the Northern Hall
Sonokamini tanomeshikotono kawaraneba nabetemukashino yoniyakaeran
Since what I promised long ago has not changed, is everything returning to the world of former times?
Masukagami - Go-Uda In
Chigirikoshi kokoronosuewa shiranedomo konohitokotoya kawarazaruramu
I do not know where a promising heart may go; yet is this one word of yours the thing that will not change?
Masukagami - The Principal Handmaid
Wagayoniwa atsumenuwakano urachidori munashikinaoya atoninokosamu
In my own reign no poems were gathered. Like the plover of Waka Bay, shall I leave behind only an empty name?
Masukagami - Fushimi In
Nagatsukiya konohamoimada tsurenakini shigurenusodeno iroyakawaran
It is the ninth month and even the leaves are still unchanged; yet will the colour change of sleeves that no shower has wet?
Masukagami - Fushimi In
Wagamikoso arazunarutomo akinokure oshimukokorowa itsumokawaraji
Though I myself should cease to be, the heart that grieves at autumn's end will never change.
Masukagami - Fushimi In
Hitosujini kureyukuakio oshimabaya aranunagorio omoisoezute
I would grieve only over the fading autumn, and not lay upon it that other parting.
Masukagami - Fujiwara no Tameko
Ikanishitai ikanioshiman toshidoshino akiniwamasaru akinonagorio
How shall I follow it, how hold it back—this parting of an autumn greater than the autumns of other years?
Narenikeru hanawakokoroya utsusuran onajinokibano haruniaedomo
Has the blossom that grew used to him turned its heart away? Though it meets the same spring at the same eaves.
Masukagami - The Crown Prince