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岩根踏み重なる山はなけれども逢はぬ日数を恋や渡らん
| iFane Fumi kasanaru yama Fa nakeredomo aFanu Fi kazu wo koFi ya wataran |
Crag trodden Layered mountains Are there none, yet Over the number of days we meet not I wonder, will our love span? |
The Elder Maiden of Sakanoue
坂上郎女
Sad thoughts.
夕凝りの霜置きにけり朝戸出にいたくし踏みて人に知らゆな
| yupu kori no simo okinikeri asa tode ni itakusi pumite pito ni sirayuna | With the evening chill Frost has fallen; In the morning, opening the door Tread lightly, so No one will know… |
朝戸出の君が足結を濡らす露原早く起き出でつつ我れも裳裾濡らさな
| asa tode no kimi ga ayupi wo nurasu tuyu para payaku oki idetutu ware mo mosuso nurasana |
In the morning, opening the door Bound up, your belt Will be drenched by the dewy fields; Swiftly rising I, too, shall venture out and Soak my skirt-hem… |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
柿本人麻呂歌集
On parting.
朝戸出の君が姿をよく見ずて長き春日を恋ひや暮らさむ
| asa tode no kimi ga sugata wo yoku mizute nagaki parupi wo kopi ya kurasamu |
In the morning, opening the door My lord’s form I could not see well, so How through this long spring day Can I live with my love? |
A poem composed when the officials of the government headquarters in Dazai had visited the palace at Kashii, and halted their mounts on the shore at Kashii on the way home, in the winter, Eleventh Month, Jinki 5 [729].
いざ子ども香椎の潟に白栲の袖さへ濡れて朝菜摘みてむ
| iza kodomo kasipi no kata ni sirotape no sode sape nurete asana tumitemu |
Hey, fellows all! On the tidelands of Kashii Even white mulberry Sleeves are soaked, so Let’s gather greens for breakfast! |
Ōtomo no Tabito
大伴旅人
[One of] ten personal laments.
捨てて後は紛れし方は覚えぬを心のみをは世にあらせける
| sutete nochi wa magireshi kata wa oboenu o kokoro nomi oba yo ni arasekeru |
Having been abandoned One sunk in insignificance Will not be remembered, and His spirit alone Appears in the world! |
Saigyō
西行
[One of] ten poems on love.
さりと夜とほのかに人を見つれども覚えぬ夢の心地こそすれ
| sari to yo to honka ni hito o mitsuredomo oboenu yume no kokochi koso sure |
So it was that with the night Briefly did I see her, yet As a dream I cannot recall Do I feel it was… |
Saigyō
西行
我見ても類覚えぬ月の夜はふりぬる人ぞ待つ問はれける
| ware mitemo tagui oboenu tsuki no yo wa furinuru hito zo matsu towarekeru |
I see it yet, I cannot recall its like; On a moonlit night I have grown old Awaiting your coming! |
Minamoto no Yorimasa
源頼政
Love in the middle of the day.
契りおきしほどは近くやなりぬらむしをれにけりな朝顔の花
| tigiri okisi Fodo Fa tikaku ya narinuramu siworenikeri na asagaFo no Fana |
Does our promised Time seem to Draw near? All drooping are The morning glory blooms… |
When someone was holding a plant-matching contest, and plants like morning glories were being compared, and a mirror blossom lay near her.
まけがたの耻かしげなる朝顏を鏡草にも見せてける哉
| makegata no Fadukasigenaru asagaFo wo kagamigusa ni mo misetekeru kana |
The loser Seems so bashful: The morning glory To the mirror bloom Has displayed herself! |
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