Love on Parting 別恋
わかれゆく人ををしむにあらそひて先だつ物は涙なりけり
wakareyuku
hito o oshimu ni
arasoite
sakidatsu mono wa
namida narikeri | Parting from me
His regret is
A match for mine
Setting off first are
Our tears. |
Daishin
Love on Parting 別恋
わかれにし人を恋ぢにまよふかないつをあひみん時ぞともなく
wakarenishi
hito o koiji ni
mayou kana
itsu o aimin
toki zo tomo naku | That one who left me
On the paths of love
Must have lost his way!
That time when we’ll meet
Once more never will arrive… |
Higo
Love on Parting 別恋
いもが家のかたに関守すゑてしか今朝わかれ行く我とまるがに
imo ga ie no
kata ni sekimori
sueteshika
kesa wakareyuku
ware tomaru ga ni | Before my darling’s house
A barrier warden
If only there were placed, then
This morning, departing
I would be halted on my way… |
Kanemasa
Love on Parting 別恋
わかれ行く人にもそはぬ涙さへとまらぬたびの道にもあるかな
wakare yuku
hito ni mo sowanu
namida sae
tomaranu tabi no
michi ni mo aru kana | Parting ever more
Her closeness gone with
Even tears
Endless as the path
She travels on her way! |
Tadafusa
Love on Parting 別恋
さひのくまはなつ日ぐれはわかるともしづのみぎりにあらざらめかは
sahinokuma
hanatsu higure wa
wakaru tomo
shizu no migiri ni
arazarame ka wa | From Sahinokuma
Spreads the sunset dusk;
It parts us, yet
A humble rain-stone
Seems absent, does it not? |
Toshiyori
Love on Parting 別恋
いづかたとゆくへもしらぬわかれぢにいかにさきだつなみだなるらん
izukata to
yukue mo shiranu
wakareji ni
ika ni sakidatsu
namida naruran | Whither I am
Bound, I know not
On this path of parting
Somehow, what sets off first
Seem to be my tears. |
Nakazane
Love on Parting 別恋
あけがたの袖のけしきの露けさに道のしづくはおもひやりなん
akegata no
sode no keshiki no
tsuyu kesa ni
michi no shizuku wa
omoiyarinan | With the dawning
My sleeves’ appearance is
Dew-drenched this morning;
The droplets on the path
Fill my thoughts with gloomy longing. |
Akinaka
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
'Simply moving and elegant'