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- Sankashu
Koto toeba motehanaretaru keshiki kana uraraka nare ya hito no kokoro no
When I speak to her, how distant she seems! Is her heart so serene and untroubled?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Mono omou sode ni nageki no take miete shinobu shiranu wa namida narikeri
On my brooding sleeves the full depth of my grief is plain to see; it is my tears that know nothing of hiding.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kusa no ha ni aranu tamoto mo mono omoeba sode ni tsuyu oku aki no yūgure
Though my sleeves are not leaves of grass, when I am lost in longing, dew settles on them in the autumn dusk.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Au koto no naki yamai nite koishinaba sasuga ni hito ya aware to omowan
If I were to die of this lovesickness, never having met her, would she then, after all, feel some pity for me?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ika ni zo ya iiyaritarishi kata mo naku mono o omoite suguru koro kana
How can it be? I sent her my words, yet nothing has come of it, and these days pass by as I brood.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ware bakari mono omou hito ya mata mo aru to morokoshi made mo tazunete shi kana
I wish I could travel even to far Cathay to see whether there is anyone else who broods as deeply as I.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kimi ni ware ika bakari naru chigiri arite futa naku mono o omoisomeken
How deep a bond from some past life must there be between you and me, that I have come to brood over you so, beyond all compare.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Saranu dani moto no omoi no taenu mi ni nageki o hito no souru narikeri
Even otherwise I am never free of my old sorrows, and on top of that she adds yet more grief.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ware nomi zo waga kokoro o ba itōshimu awarebu hito no naki ni tsukete mo
I alone pity this heart of mine, since there is no one else who will show it any compassion.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Uramiji to omou ware sae tsuraki kana towade suginuru kokorozuyosa o
Even I, who resolve to bear no grudge, find it painful—the strong heart of one who lets the days go by without a visit.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Itsu to naki omoi wa fuji no keburi nite uchifusu toko ya ukishimagahara
My ceaseless longing burns like the smoke of Mount Fuji, and the bed I lie on—is it the plain of Ukishima, floating on my tears?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kore mo mina mukashi no koto to iinagara nado mono omou chigiri nariken
Though they say all this comes from a former life, why must it be a bond that brings me such brooding?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Nado ka ware tsuraki hito yue mono o omou chigiri o shimo wa musubiokiken
Why, of all things, did I tie in some former life a bond that makes me brood so over one who is cold to me?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kurenai ni arau tamoto no koki iro wa kogarete mono o omou narikeri
The deep color of my sleeves, washed in crimson tears, comes from the burning longing with which I brood.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Sekikanete sa wa tote nagasu takitsuse ni waku shiratama wa namida narikeri
Unable to hold them back, I let them flow, and the white pearls welling up in the rushing rapids are my tears.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Nagekaji to tsutsumishi koro no namida dani uchimakasetaru kokochi ya wa seshi
Even in the days when I hid my tears, resolving not to grieve, did they ever feel as though they flowed freely? No—and how much less so now.
Sankashu - Saigyō