Love Waiting for Someone 待人恋
たのめしはさしもあらじにあぢきなく人待つかぜの身にもしむかな
tanomeshi wa
sashimo araji ni
ajikinaku
hito matsu kaze no
mi ni mo shimu kana | When trustworthiness
Seems to be in such short supply,
Bored
I await him with the wind
Cutting me more deeply! |
Daishin
Love Waiting for Someone 待人恋
風さへもおどろかすかなたのめずはまたて中中ねなましものを
kaze sae mo
odorokasu kana
tanomezu wa
matate naka naka
nenamashi mono o | Even the wind
Starts me from sleep!
You made me no promises,
So, while waiting, desultorily
Will I make my bed… |
Higo
Love Waiting for Someone 待人恋
ひねもすにくれまちまちて暮れぬれば夜もすがら又人をこそまて
hinemosu ni
kuremachi machite
kurenureba
yo mo sugara mata
hito o koso mate | All day long
I wait for dusk and
Then, when twilight falls,
All night long, once more
I have to wait for him! |
Kanemasa
Love Waiting for Someone 待人恋
すみよしの松とは人のしらねばやなみうちたえてきしもせざらん
sumiyoshi no
matsu to wa hito no
shiraneba ya
nami uchitaete
kishi mo sezaran | At Sumiyoshi are
The pines of folk
All unknowing?
The waves have stopped, and
Even the shore seems untouched. |
Tadafusa
Love Waiting for Someone 待人恋
いつとなくこぬみの浜の人まつとただよふなみのたえぬ日ぞなき
itsu to naku
konu mi no hama no
hito matsu to
tadayou nami no
taenu hi zo naki | Never does
He come; on the beach
A lone pine stands with
The drifting waves
Endless days – are there none! |
Toshiyori
Love Waiting for Someone 待人恋
いまこむとたのめし人のなかりせばねてあり明の月をみましや
ima komu to
tanomeshi hito no
nakariseba
nete ariake no
tsuki o mimashi ya | ‘I’ll be coming now,’ said
The one in whom I’ve placed my trust, but
He is not here, so
Should I to bed and with the dawn
Upon the moon rest my gaze? |
Nakazane
Love Waiting for Someone 待人恋
いつはりのちぎりばかりにまつら山まつらんとだに君はしらじな
itsuwari no
chigiri bakari ni
matsurayama
matsuran to dani
kimi wa shiraji na | A false vow –
That’s all it was you made on
Mount Matsura, so
Even that I pine here
Do you seem unaware… |
Akinaka
'Simply moving and elegant'