Hidden Love among the Grasses.
わが恋は夏ののすすき茂けれどほにしあらねばとふ人もなし
wa ga koi wa natsu no susuki shigekeredo ho ni shi araneba tou hito mo nashi My love is as
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Hidden love and Marshes
かくれぬの下はふあしのみごもりに我ぞ物思ふ行へしらねば
kakurenu no shita hau ashi no migomori ni ware zo mono’omou yukue shiraneba Hidden
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おもひきや有りしむかしの月影を今は雲ゐのよそに見んとは
omoiki ya arishi mukashi no tsukikage o ima wa kumoi no yoso ni min to wa How unexpected it is!
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Recalling love beneath the moon.
春やあらぬ月は見しよの空ながらなれし昔の影ぞ恋しき
haru ya aranu tsuki wa mishi yo no sora nagara nareshi mukashi no kage zo koishiki Is this not that spring?
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Composed on the conception of first love.
春がすみたつたの山のさくらばなおぼつかなきをしる人のなき
harugasumi tatsuta no yama no sakurabana obotsukanaki o shiru hito no naki Spring haze
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いかにせん命もしらずまつ山のうへこす波にくちぬおもひを
ika ni sen inochi mo shirazu matsuyama no ue kosu nami ni kuchinu omoi o O, what am I to do?
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This poem was not originally included and was added it some point. It’s said to be one from the Kinugasa naifu Collection or the Poetry Match on a Distant Isle . [i]
[i] Entō ōn’uta’awase 115
すみよしの松とせしまに年もへぬちぎのかたそぎ行きあはずして
sumiyoshi no matsu to seshi ma ni toshi mo henu chigi no katasogi yuki’awazushite At Sumiyoshi
493
すみの江のまつ事久に成りにけりこんとたのめて年のへぬれば
suminoe no matsu koto hisa ni narinikeri kon to tanomete toshi no henureba At Suminoe
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君により我とはなしにすまのうらにもしほたれつつ年のへぬらん
kimi ni yori ware to wa nashi ni suma no ura ni moshio taretsutsu toshi o henuran Do you, my lady,
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おきつ波うち出のはまの浜ひさぎしをれてのみや年のへぬらん
oki tsu nami uchi’ide no hama no hamahisagi shiorete nomi ya toshi no henuran Waves from the offing break
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