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- Sankashu
Ōhara wa serifu o yuki no michi ni akete yomo ni wa hito mo kayowazarikeri
In Ōhara, only the road to Serifu is kept open through the snow; in every other direction, no one comes or goes.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Hareyarade futamurayama ni tatsu kumo wa hira no fubuki no nagori narikeri
The clouds that hang over Mount Futamura without ever quite clearing are what remains of the blizzard on Mount Hira.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yuki shinogu iori no tsuma o sashisoete ato tomete kon hito o todomen
I will extend the eaves of my hut that keeps off the snow, and whoever comes following the tracks, I will keep here with me.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kuyashiku mo yuki no miyama e wakeirade fumoto ni nomi mo toshi o tsumikeru
How I regret that, never pressing on into the snowy depths of the mountains, I have only piled up the years at their foot.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Furuki imo ga sono ni uetaru karanazuna tare nazusae to ōshitatsuran
The foreign shepherd's-purse my love of old has planted in her garden—for whom to grow fond of is she raising it?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kurenai no yoso naru iro wa shirareneba fude ni koso mazu somehajimetsure
Since the crimson color of my love cannot be seen by others, I have begun first of all to dye it with my brush.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Samazama no nageki o mi ni wa tsumiokite itsu shimerubeki omoi naruran
Having heaped all kinds of sorrows upon myself like firewood, when will the fire of this love ever be damped and die?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kimi o ikade komaka ni yueru shigemeyui tachi mo hanarezu narabitsutsu min
Somehow, like the close-set eyes of finely knotted shibori cloth, I want to stay always beside you, never cut away, never parting.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Koi su tomo misao ni hito ni iwarebaya mi ni shitagawanu kokoro ya wa aru
Even though I am in love, I wish people would say I remain unmoved; is there any heart that will not follow its own body's lead?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Omoiideyo mitsu no hamamatsu yosodatsu to shiga no uranami tatan tamoto o
Remember me, waiting like the pines on Mitsu's shore, and my sleeves where tears will rise like the waves of Shiga Bay because you have grown distant.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Utoku naru hito wa kokoro no kawaru tomo ware to wa hito ni kokoro okareji
Even if the heart of the one growing distant should change, I myself will never give them cause to hold their heart apart from me.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Tsuki o ushi to nagamenagara mo omou kana sono yo bakari no kage to ya wa mishi
Even as I gaze on the moon and find it painful, I think: did I ever see its light as meant for that one night alone?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ware wa tada kaesade o kin sayogoromo kite neshi koto o omoiidetsutsu
As for me, I will simply wear my night robe as it is, without turning it inside out, recalling how we wore it as we slept together.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kawakaze ni chidori nakiken fuyu no yo wa waga omoi nite arikeru mono o
That winter night when, they say, the plovers cried in the river wind—it was really my own longing all along.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Iza saraba sakari omou mo hodo mo araji hakoya ga mine no hana ni mutsureji
Well then, there is not long left to dream of the height of glory; I will no longer cling to the blossoms on the peak of Hakoya.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yama fukaku kokoro wa kanete okuriteki mi koso ukiyo o ideyaranedomo
Long ago I sent my heart ahead deep into the mountains, though my body cannot yet leave this sorrowful world.
Sankashu - Saigyō