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ひとりぬる我が手枕を昼はほし夜はぬらして幾代へぬらん
hitori nuru wa ga tamakura o hiru wa hoshi yo wa nurashite iku yo henuran Sleeping alone,
184[1]
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ほのに見し人におもひをつけそめて心からこそしたにこがるれ
hono ni mishi hito ni omoi o tsukesomete kokoro kara koso shita ni kogarure Faintly did I see
185[2]
[1] Shinsenzaishū XII: 1251/This poem is also included in Mandaishū (XII: 2360) with the headnote, ‘A poem from the Poetry Contest in One Hundred Rounds held by the Tōin Empress’.
[2] A minor variant of this poem, with a headnote attributing it to this contest, appears in Shokukokinshū (XI: 1038): よそにみし人におもひをつけそめてこころからこそしたにこがるれ yoso ni mishi / hito ni omoi o / tsukesomete / kokoro kara koso / shita ni kogarure ‘Casually did I see / Her, and the fires of passion / First ignited; / From within my heart, / I secretly smoulder.’
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つれなきを今は恋ひじとおもへども心よわくもおつるなみだか
tsurenaki o Heartless,
Sugano no Tadaomu
182[1]
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侘びわたる我が身のうらとなれればや恋しき事のしき波にたつ
wabiwataru wa ga mi no ura to narereba ya koishiki koto no shikinami ni tatsu Ever suffering,
183
[1] Kokinshū XV: 809/Shinsen man’yōshū 225
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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
180
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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
181[1]
[1] Shikashū VII: 202/Shinchokusenshū XII: 710
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おもひつつひるはかくてもなぐさめつ夜こそ涙つきずながるる
omoitsutsu hiru wa kakute mo nagusametsu yoru koso namida tukizu nagaruru Ever thinking of you
178
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かぎりなく深きおもひを忍ぶれば身をころすにもおとらざりけり
kagirinaku fukaki omoi o shinobureba mi o korosu ni mo otorazarikeri Endless
179
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しぬる命いきもやすると心みに玉のをばかりあはむといはなむ
shinuru inochi iki mo ya suru to kokoromi ni tama no o bakari awamu to iwanamu I have died for love of you, but
Okikaze[1]
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あかずして別れしよひのなみだ川よどみもなくもたぎつ心か
akazushite wakareshi yoi no namidagawa yodomi mo naku mo tagitsu kokoro ka Still hungering for you
177
[1] Kokinshū XII: 568; a minor variant of this poem also occurs in Kokin rokujō (V: 3207): しぬるいのちいきもやすると心みに玉のをばかりあひみてしかな shinuru inochi / iki mo ya suru to / kokoromi ni / tama no o bakari / aimiteshi kana ‘I have died for love of you, but / Might life return? / Try, if only as / A fragile jewelled thread, and / Make an attempt to meet me!’
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わびぬればしひて忘れんと思へども夢てふものぞ人だのめなる
wabinureba shiite wasuren to omoedomo yume chō mono zo hito danome naru I suffered, so
Okikaze[1]
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いとはれて今はかぎりとしりにしを更にむかしの恋しかるらん
itowarete ima wa kagiri to shirinishi o sara ni mukashi no koishikaruran Hating you,
175[2]
[1] Kokinshū XII: 569/Kokin rokujō IV: 2035
[2] Shokugosenshū XIV: 864/Shinsen man’yōshū 217
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わりなくもねても覚めても恋しきか心をいづちやらばわすれん
warinaku mo nete mo samete mo koishiki ka kokoro o izuchi yaraba wasuren Beyond reason
172[1]
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恋侘びてうちぬる中に行きかよふ夢のただぢはうつつなるらむ
koiwabite Aching with love
Lord Toshiyuki
173[2]
[1] Kokinshū XII: 570
[2] Kokinshū XII: 558/Shinsen man’yōshū 209/Kokin rokujō IV: 2031
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あかずして君を恋ひつる涙にぞうきみしづみみやせわたりける
akazushite kimi o koitsuru namida ni zo ukimi shizumimi yasewatarikeru An endless hunger is
170
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かしまなるつくまの神のつくづくと我が身ひとつに恋をつみつる
kashima naru tsukuma no kami no tsukuzuku to wa ga mi hitotsu ni koi o tsumikeru In Kashima
171
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おもひ侘びけぶりは空に立ちぬれどわりなくもなき恋のしるしか
omoiwabi keburi wa sora ni tachinuredo warinaku mo naki koi no shirushi ka Suffering from passion’s fire,
168
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人をおもふ心のおきは身をぞやく煙たつとは見えぬものから
hito o omou kokoro no oki wa mi o zo yaku keburi tatsu to wa mienu mono kara Loving her
169
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おもひにはあふ空さへやもえわたるあさたつ雲を煙とはして
omoi ni wa au sora sae ya moewataru asa tatsu kumo o keburi to wa shite Is it our fires of passion
166
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明けぬとて帰る道にはこきたれて雨もなみだもふりそほちつつ
akenu tote Tis the break of day, and
Lord Toshiyuki[1]
[1] Kokinshū XIII: 639/Kokin rokujō V: 2732
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