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Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta'awase

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ひとりぬる身の衣ではうみなれやみるに涙ぞまなくよせけれ

hitori nuru
mi no koromode wa
umi nare ya
miru ni namida zo
ma naku yosekere		Sleeping alone
Is my sleeve
The sea?
For looking upon it, waves of tears
Break there ceaselessly.

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年をへてもゆてふふじの山よりもあはぬ思ひは我ぞまされる

toshi o hete
moyu chō fuji no
yama yori mo
awanu omoi wa
ware zo masareru		Through all the passing years
Burns Fuji;
Far more than the mountain,
Not meeting you, the flames of passion,
Burn brightly in me.

181[1]

[1] Shikashū VII: 202/Shinchokusenshū XII: 710

Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta'awase

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白露ぞ霜となりける冬のよはあまの河さへ水こほりけり

shiratsuyu zo
shimo to narikeru
fuyu no yo wa
ama no kawa sae
mizu kōrikeri		Silver dewdrops
Have turned to frost
On this winter’s night
Even the River of Heaven’s
Waters have frozen.

153

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冬の海に降りいる雪やそこにゐて春たつ浪の花とさくらん

fuyu no umi ni
furi’iru yuki ya
soko ni ite
haru tatsu nami no
hana to sakuran		Upon the sea in winter,
Falling down, is the snow:
Does it rest upon the bed and
With the waves breaking in springtime
Bloom into blossom?

154

Horikawa-in enjo awase

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なごのうみの浦べにおふる浜つづらたえまくるしき物をこそ思へ

nago no umi no
urabe ni ouru
hamatsuzura
taema kurushiki
mono o koso omoe		At Nago, by the sea
Upon the beach grows
Chasteberry:
At the breaks between, sad
Indeed, are my thoughts.

Minister of Justice [Minamoto no] Toshisane
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浜つづらたへまたへまを歎かせてくるしと思ふわがこころぞは

hamatsuzura
taema taema o
nagekasete
kurushi to omou
wa ga kokoro zo wa		Chasteberry:
The many breaks between
Do cause me grief, and
Pain is the feeling that
Fills my heart!

Kai, from the Shijō Palace
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