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- Masukagami
Hanawageni omoiizuran haruohete akanuirokani someshikokoroo
The blossom surely remembers, through spring after spring, the heart I let be dyed by a colour and scent I never tired of.
Masukagami - Emperor Go-Daigo
Iroironi miyakowaharuno tokiniaedo wagasumuyamawa hanamohirakezu
The capital has met with spring in every colour, and yet on the mountain where I live not even a flower has opened.
Masukagami - Go-Fushimi In
Waresumeba sabishikumonashi yamazatomo asamatsurigoto okotarazushite
Because I live here this mountain village is not lonely at all, for the morning's business is never left undone.
Masukagami - Go-Uda In
Koyoishimo kumoinotsukimo hikarisou akinomiyamao omoikosoyare
Tonight above all the moon must add its light the more; my thoughts go out to that autumn mountain.
Masukagami - Eifukumon'in
Mukashimishi akinomiyamano tsukikageo omoiideteya omoiyaruran
Is it because you remember the moonlight you once saw on that autumn mountain that your thoughts go out to it now?
Masukagami - Emperor Go-Daigo
Ukikotomo hananiwashibashi wasurarete harunokokorozo mukashinarikeru
Before the blossom even my troubles are forgotten for a while, and the heart that loves the spring is just what it always was.
Masukagami - Horikawa Tomochika
Taehatsuru chigiriohitori wasurenumo ukimowagamino kokoronarikeri
That I alone do not forget a bond long since broken, and that it hurts—both were my own heart's doing.
Imazoshiru mukashinikaeru wagamichino makotookamimo mamorikeritowa
Now at last I know that the gods themselves have guarded the truth of my way, now returned to what it was of old.
Masukagami - Fujiwara no Tameyo
Kanenootomo katabukutsukini kakotarete oshitoomouyowa koyoinarikeri
Even the sound of the bell makes its excuse of the sinking moon; and the night I am loath to lose is this one.
Masukagami - Emperor Go-Daigo
Fuetakeno koemokumoini kikoyurashi koyoitamukuru akinoshirabewa
The voice of the flute must surely reach as far as the sky: this autumn music we offer up tonight.
Masukagami - Emperor Go-Daigo
Onajikuwa soramadeokure takimonono nioiosasou niwanoakikaze
If it must be so, carry it up to the sky—the fragrance of the incense you draw after you, autumn wind of the garden.
Masukagami - Fujiwara no Sanenori
Ōgimishi tsukimokakururu akinareba kotowarishireto kumorusorakana
The moon we looked up to has hidden itself this autumn, and the sky clouds over as if to bid us know the reason.
Masukagami - Manshumon'in
Hikarinaki yowakotowarino akinotsuki namidasoeteya naokumoruramu
A world without light: it stands to reason. And the autumn moon, with my tears added, must be clouded the more.
Masukagami - The Assistant Handmaid
Okureiru tazunokokoromo ikabakari sakidatsuwakano uraminaruran
How great must be the heart of the crane left behind—what regret, at Waka Bay, that another went first.
Masukagami - The Crown Prince
Omoetada wakanouraniwa okureite oitarutazuno nagekukokoroo
Only think of it: left behind at Waka Bay, the grieving heart of an aged crane.
Masukagami - Fujiwara no Tameyo
Ōkatano harunowakareno hokanimata wagayotsukinuru kyōnokurekana
Besides the common parting from spring, there is another: this is the evening of the day my own life ended.
Masukagami - Aritada