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
Love on Waking from Sleep 寝覚恋
おもふことなぐさむばかりかたらばやねさめの床の枕つたへは
omou koto
nagusamu bakari
kataraba ya
nezame no toko no
makura tsutae wa | My thoughts
Alone do bring my comfort;
Were I to relate them, then
On waking, in my bed
‘Twould be to my pillow! |
Daishin
Love on Waking from Sleep 寝覚恋
うきしづみ身のおき所なき物はねざめの恋の枕なりけり
ukishizumi
mi no okidokoro
naki mono wa
nezame no koi no
makura narikeri | Floating, then sinking,
With no steady
Spot at all –
When in love and I awaken, that
Is how my pillow is. |
Higo
Love on Waking from Sleep 寝覚恋
夢にさへ涙せきあへぬ身にしあればねてもさめてもぬるる袖かな
yume ni sae
namida seki’aenu
mi ni shi areba
netemo sametemo
nururu sode kana | Even in my dreams
My tears will not be dammed –
Such is my lot, so
Sleeping and waking both
Have I soaking sleeves! |
Kanemasa
Love on Waking from Sleep 寝覚恋
わすれずと人やは夜におどろかす何とてしつるねざめなるらん
wasurezu to
hito ya wa yoru ni
odorokasu
nani tote shitsuru
nezame naruran | I’ll not forget you –
Did she say that in the night?
But how surprising
Was how her words pained me
On waking… |
Tadafusa
Love on Waking from Sleep 寝覚恋
あさましやねざめてみれば跡もなし夢なりけりな袖はひつるも
asamashi ya
nezamete mireba
ato mo nashi
yume narikeri na
sode wa hitsuru mo | How terrible it is!
On waking, when I see
No trace left behind
Of my dreams –
Even my sleeves completely dry… |
Toshiyori
Love on Waking from Sleep 寝覚恋
恋ひわぶる人をし夢にあふとみるねざめくるしきさよのとこかな
koiwaburu
hito o shi yume ni
au to miru
nezame kurushiki
sayo no toko kana | Feeling all the pains of love,
When in my dreams, with her
A meeting do I see, then
Waking brings only pain
To my bed this night so brief! |
Nakazane
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