- Top
- -
- Shin Kokin Wakashu
Suginikeru yoyo no chigiri mo wasurarete itou uki mi no hate zo hakanaki
Even the vows of all our past lives have been forgotten, and how fleeting is the end that awaits this wretched self I have come to loathe.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Ben
Omoiwabi mishi omokage wa sate okite koi sezariken ori zo koishiki
Worn out with longing, I set aside the face I once saw; what I long for now is the time before I knew love.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Shunzei
Nagareiden ukina ni shibashi yodomu kana motomenu sode no fuchi wa aredomo
Fearing the bitter rumors that would flow out into the world, I hesitate for a while, though, unbidden, my sleeves already hold deep pools of tears.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Sagami
Tsurakaraba koishiki koto wa wasurenade soete wa nadoka shizugokoro naki
If you are cold to me, I still do not forget my longing; and on top of that, why can my heart find no peace?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Uma no Naishi
Kimi shi mare michi no yukiki o sadamuran suginishi hito o katsu wasuretsutsu
Of all people, are you the one to set the order of comings and goings on the road, while forgetting, one after another, those who have passed from your life?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Uma no Naishi
Hana sakanu kuchiki no soma no somabito no ikanaru kure ni omoiizuran
I am like a woodsman of a grove of rotting trees where no flowers bloom; at what dusk, and for what timber, did you remember me?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Nakafumi
Onozukara sa koso wa are to omou ma ni makoto ni hito no towazu narinuru
While I was telling myself it was only chance, that such things happen, he truly stopped coming to see me.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Mother of Minamoto no Tsunenobu
Narawaneba hito no towanu mo tsurakarade kuyashiki ni koso sode wa nurekere
Since I was never used to your visits, your not coming does not pain me; it is only regret that wets my sleeves.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Mother of Taira no Norimori
Nagekaji na omoeba hito ni tsurakarishi kono yo nagara no mukui narikeri
I will not lament. When I think of it, this is my due in this very life for the coldness I once showed to others.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Owari of KÅkamon'in
Ikani shite ikani kono yo ni arifeba ka shibashi mo mono o omowazarubeki
How, in what way, should I live on in this world, that even for a little while I could be free of brooding?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Izumi Shikibu
Ureshiku wa wasururu koto mo arinamashi tsuraki zo nagaki katami narikeru
If it were joy, I might one day forget it; it is pain that remains as the long-lasting keepsake.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Kiyohara no Fukayabu
Au koto no katami o dani mo miteshigana hito wa tayu tomo mitsutsu shinoban
If only I could see some keepsake of our meetings; even if the bond is broken, I would gaze on it and cherish the memory.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Sosei
Waga mi koso aranu ka to nomi tadorarure tou beki hito ni wasurareshi yori
I can only wonder whether I am still myself, ever since the one who should have come to visit me forgot me.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Ono no Komachi
Katsuragi ya Kumeji ni watasu iwahashi no taenishi naka to nari ya hatenan
Like the stone bridge meant to span the road of Kume at Katsuragi and broken off midway, will ours end as a severed bond?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Ima wa tomo omoi na tae so nonaka naru mizu no nagare wa yukite tazunen
Do not think it is over and let your feelings break off; I will follow the thin stream of water through the fields and come to you.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Onakatomi no Sukechika
Omoiizu ya Mino no oyama no hitotsumatsu chigirishi koto wa itsu mo wasurezu
Do you remember? Like the lone pine on the little hill of Mino, what we pledged I never once forget.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Ise