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つのくにのながらへゆかばわすれなくいまもみまくのほりえなるらむ
tsu no kuni no nagara e yukaba wasurenaku ima mo mimaku no horie naruramu If, into the land of Tsu
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ひさかたのくもゐはるかにありしよりそらにこころのなりにしものを
hisakata no kumoi haruka ni arishi yori sora ni kokoro no narinishi mono o The eternal
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When a man who was Assistant Governor of Kii ceased to come to call, she sent this to the man’s elder sister to say how heartless this was and the sister sent this in reply, to say how she sympathized.
紀伊国の名草の浜は君なれや事のいふかひ有と聞きつる
ki no kuni no In the land of Ki
Anonymous
Topic unknown.
あな恋しゆきてや見ましつのくにの今も有りてふ浦のはつ島
ana koFisi O, how I do love you!
The Monk Kaisen
A fishermen’s poem from Toyo.
豊国の企救の池なる菱の末を摘むとや妹がみ袖濡れけむ
toyo kuni no
In the land of Toyo
Topic unknown.
津の国のなには思はず山城の鳥羽に逢ひ見むことをのみこそ
tu no kuni no
In the land of Tsu,
Anonymous
A poem by Prince Yuge.
霍公鳥なかる国にも行きてしかその鳴く声を聞けば苦しも
pototogisu
Where the cuckoo
弓削皇子
[One of] two poems about Kumanori, Lord Ōtomo.
国遠き道の長手をおほほしく今日や過ぎなむ言どひも
kuni topoki
In a distant land
Asada no Yasu
When he went to Tennōji and, while at Nagara heard someone say that there used to be a bridge here.
行末を思へばかなし津の國のながらの橋も名が殘りけり
yukusuwe wo
What has befallen –
Minamoto no Shunrai
'Simply moving and elegant'