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- Shin Kokin Wakashu
Ura ni taku moshio no keburi nabikame ya yomo no kata yori kaze wa fuku tomo
Would the smoke of the salt fires burning on the bay ever bend and drift? No, not even if the wind should blow from all four quarters.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Wasururan to omou kokoro no utagai ni arishi yori ke ni mono zo kanashiki
Because of the doubt in my heart that he must already have forgotten me, everything grieves me even more than before.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Uki nagara hito o ba e shimo wasureneba katsu uramitsutsu nao zo koishiki
Painful as it is, I simply cannot forget him; so, even as I resent him, I still long for him.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Inochi o ba ada naru mono to kikishikado tsuraki ga tame wa nagaku mo aru kana
I had heard that life is fleeting, yet for the sake of one so cold to me, how long it turns out to be.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Izukata ni yuki kakurenan yo no naka ni mi no areba koso hito mo tsurakere
Where shall I go to hide myself? It is only because I remain in this world that his coldness hurts me.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Ima made ni wasurenu hito wa yo ni mo araji ono ga samazama toshi no henureba
No one in this world would still remember until now; we have each gone our separate ways as the years went by.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Tamamizu o te ni musubite mo kokoromin nuruku wa ishi no naka mo tanomaji
I will test the jewel-clear water, even cupping it in my hands. If it is lukewarm, I will trust neither the spring within the stone nor the bond between us.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Yamashiro no Ide no tamamizu te ni kumite tanomishi kai mo naki yo narikeri
Like the clear water of Ide in Yamashiro, dipped up in my hands and drunk, I put my trust in you; yet it was all for nothing in the bond between us.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kimi ga atari mitsutsu o oran Ikomayama kumo na kakushi so ame wa furu tomo
I will go on gazing toward where you live. Clouds, do not hide Mount Ikoma, even if the rain must fall.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Nakazora ni tachiiru kumo no ato mo naku mi no hakanaku mo narinubeki kana
Like the clouds that rise and drift in the middle of the sky and vanish without a trace, I too seem bound to fade away.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kumo no iru tooyamadori no yoso ni te mo ari to shi kikeba wabitsutsu zo nuru
Like the copper pheasant of the far hills where clouds hang, you are far away; yet hearing that you are still there, I lie down to sleep in distress.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Hiru wa kite yoru wa wakaruru yamadori no kage miru toki zo ne wa nakarekeru
Like the copper pheasant that stays close by day and parts at night, it is when I see your figure that I cannot help crying aloud.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Ware mo shika nakite zo hito ni koirareshi ima koso yoso ni koe o nomi kike
I too, like the deer, was once longed for with tears and cries; now I only hear that voice from far away.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Natsuno yuku ojika no tsuno no tsuka no ma mo wasurezu omoe imo ga kokoro o
Like the short new antlers of a stag crossing the summer fields, not for the briefest moment should you forget your beloved's heart.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Natsukusa no tsuyuwakegoromo ki mo senu ni nado waga sode no kawaku toki naki
I am not wearing a robe for parting the dew on the summer grass; why, then, are my sleeves never dry?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Misogi suru Nara no ogawa no kawakaze ni inori zo wataru shita ni taeji to
In the river breeze of the brook at Nara where I perform my rites of cleansing, I keep on praying: may our hidden bond never be broken.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Princess Yashiro