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- Sankashu
Ima wa ware koi sen hito o tomurawan yo ni uki koto to omoishirarenu
From now on I will visit and console those who are in love, for I have come to know all too well that love is the bitterest thing in this world.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Nagame koso ukimi no kuse ni narihatete yūgure naranu ori mo seraruru
Gazing in brooding thought has become the habit of my wretched self, so that I find myself doing it even at times other than dusk.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Omoedomo omou kai koso nakarikere omoi mo shiranu hito o omoeba
However much I think of her, there is no use in my thinking, for I am thinking of one who gives no thought to my love.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Aya hineru sasame no komino kinu ni kin namida no ame mo shinogi gatera ni
I will wear as my robe a little raincoat of sasame grass, twisted fine as figured silk—to keep off the rain of my tears as well.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Nazo mo kaku koto atarashiku hito no tou ware mono omou furinishi mono o
Why do people ask about it now as though it were something new? My brooding grew old long ago.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Shinaba ya to nani omouran nochi no yo mo koi wa yo ni uki koto to koso kike
Why do I wish I could die? They say that even in the next world, love is a truly bitter thing.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Warinashi ya itsu o omoi no hate ni shite tsukihi o okuru waga mi naruran
How hopeless it is! Taking what day, I wonder, as the end of my brooding do I let the months and days slip by?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Itōshi ya sara ni kokoro no osanabite tamakireraruru koi mo suru kana
How pitiful I am! At this late age my heart has become like a child's, and I am in a love that makes my very soul faint away.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kimi shitau kokoro no uchi wa chigomekite namida moroku mo naru waga mi kana
My heart, longing for you, has grown like a little child's, and I have become one who weeps so easily.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Natsukashiki kimi ga kokoro no iro o ikade tsuyu mo chirasade sode ni tsutsuman
How might I keep the dear color of your heart wrapped in my sleeves, without letting a single drop of it scatter?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Iku hodo mo nagaraumajiki yo no naka ni mono o omowade furu yoshi mogana
In this world, where we cannot live on for long, if only there were some way to pass my days without brooding.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Itsuka ware chiri tsumu toko o haraiakete kon to tanomen hito o matsu beki
When will the day come that I sweep clean my bed, heaped with dust, and wait for someone who has promised to come?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yotake tatsu sode ni tataete shinobu kana tamoto no taki ni otsuru nami o
Filling my sleeves to the brim with waves that rise high, I keep them hidden—the waves that tumble down the waterfall of my sleeves.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Uki ni yori tsui ni kuchinuru waga sode o kokorozukushi ni nani shinobiken
My sleeves have finally rotted away from the pain of love—why did I take such pains to hide it?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kokoro kara kokoro ni mono o omowasete mi o kurushimuru waga mi narikeri
Of its own accord my heart makes my heart brood, and so it is I myself who torment myself.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Hitori kite waga mi ni matou karakoromo shioshio to koso nakinurasarure
The fine robe I wear alone, wrapped around me, becomes limp and drenched with my weeping.
Sankashu - Saigyō