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- Shin Kokin Wakashu
Adakoto no ha ni oku tsuyu no kienishi o aru mono tote ya hito no touran
Like dew on the leaves of your empty words, I have already vanished. Do you think I still remain, that you come calling on me now?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Nagato
Uchihaete i ya wa neraruru Miyagino no kohagi ga shitaba iro ni ideshi yori
How could I sleep, night after night, ever since my hidden feelings showed, like the lower leaves of the bush clover on Miyagi Moor taking on color?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Hagi no ha ya tsuyu no keshiki mo uchitsuke ni motoyori kawaru kokoro aru mono o
The leaves of bush clover change color at the merest hint of dew; they have a fickle heart from the very start.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Korenari
Yomosugara kiekaeritsuru waga mi kana namida no tsuyu ni musubohore tsutsu
All night long I have been on the verge of fading away, my heart knotted up like dew beading from my tears.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Retired Emperor Kazan
Kimi ga senu waga tamakura wa kusa nare ya namida no tsuyu no yonayona zo oku
Is my arm-pillow, which you no longer share, turned to grass, that the dew of my tears settles on it night after night?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Emperor Koko
Tsuyu bakari okuran sode wa tanomarezu namida no kawa no takitsuse nareba
I cannot trust sleeves on which, you say, just a little dew settles; mine are the rushing rapids of a river of tears.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Omoiyaru yoso no murakumo shigure tsutsu Adachi no hara ni momiji shinuran
As I think of you far away, the gathering clouds there keep sending down autumn showers; by now the trees on Adachi Moor must have turned red.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Minamoto no Shigeyuki
Mi ni chikaku kinikeru mono o iro kawaru aki o ba yoso ni omoishi kadomo
It had come right beside me after all: the autumn that changes colors, the weariness that changes hearts, which I had thought belonged to others.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Wife of the Rokujō Minister of the Right
Iro kawaru hagi no shitaba o mite mo mazu hito no kokoro no aki zo shiraruru
Even looking at the lower leaves of the bush clover changing color, the first thing I come to know is the autumn, the weariness, in his heart.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Sagami
Inazuma wa terasanu yoi mo nakarikeri izura honoka ni mieshi kagerou
There is not an evening when the lightning fails to flash. Where, then, has that faint shimmer gone, the one I glimpsed only once?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Hito shirenu nezame no namida furimichite samo shiguretsuru yowa no sora kana
The tears I shed on waking, unknown to anyone, rained down until they filled the sky; so that is why the midnight sky was showering so.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Koretada
Namida nomi ukiizuru ama no tsurizao no nagaki yosugara koitsutsu zo nuru
Only tears well up and float away; all through a night as long as a fisherman's fishing pole, I lie down to sleep, longing for you.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Emperor Koko
Makura nomi uku to omoishi namidagawa ima wa waga mi no shizumu narikeri
I thought this river of tears would only set my pillow afloat; now it is I myself who am sinking.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Sakanoue no Koreyuki
Omoboezu sode ni minato no sawagu kana morokoshibune no yorishi bakari ni
Unexpectedly, a harbor swells and churns in my sleeves, all because a ship from China put in there, however briefly.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Imo ga sode wakareshi hi yori shirotae no koromo katashiki koitsutsu zo nuru
Ever since the day I parted from my beloved's sleeves, I spread only one sleeve of my white robe and lie down alone, longing for her.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Au koto no nami no shitakusa migakurete shizugokoro naku ne koso nakarure
Since we never meet, I stay hidden like grasses under the waves, and with no peace in my heart, I cannot help crying aloud.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet