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人しれずしたにながるる涙川せきとどめなむかげは見ゆると
| hito shirezu shita ni nagaruru namidagawa seki todomenamu kage wa miyuru to | Unknown to all Beneath there flows A river of tears; O, for a dam to halt it, that I could glimpse her face… |
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もえもあはぬこなたかなたの思ひかな涙の河の中にゆけばか
| moe mo awanu konata kanata no omoi kana namida no kawa no naka ni yukeba ka | Burning, unmatched, are My multitude of Passion’s fires! For into a river of tears Have I plunged? |
Tsurayuki
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[1] Shokugosenshū XI: 640/Shinsen man’yōshū 227.
A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Dowager Empress during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
人しれずしたにながるる涙川せきとどめなむかげは見ゆると
| hito shirezu shita ni nagaruru namidagawa seki todomenamu kage wa miyuru to | Unknown to all Beneath there flows A river of tears; O, for a dam to halt it, that I could glimpse her face… |
Anonymous
Composed in the conception of Love at the poetry competition held at the house of Lord Saneyuki.
恋わびておさふる袖や流れいづる涙の川の堰なるらむ
| koFi wabite osaFuru sode ya nagare’iduru namida no kaFa no iseki naruramu |
Grieving for love, Are my wave-dashed sleeves For this outflowing River of tears A dam, perhaps? |
Fujiwara no Michitsune (1060?-?)
藤原道経