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つれもなき人をこふとて山びこのこたふるまでもなげきつるかな
| tsure mo naki hito o kou tote yamabiko no kotauru made mo nagekitsuru kana | A heartless Girl he loves, says he, The mountain man, Until she gives him her reply, Is full of grief! |
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我が恋は深山がくれの草なれやしげさまされど知る人のなき
| wa ga koi wa miyamagakure no kusa nare ya shigesa masaredo shiru hito no naki | My love: Hidden in the mountains’ heart are Grasses-is that it? Most lush, but Unknown to all. |
Ono no Yoshiki
165[1]
[1] Kokinshū XII: 560/Shinsen man’yōshū 462
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紅の色にはいでじかくれぬのしたにかよひてこひはしぬとも
| kurenai no iro ni wa ideji kakure nu no shita ni kayoite koi wa shinu tomo | The crimson Of passion I’ll not display, Beneath this hidden marsh Flow waters back and forth, Though I die of this love. |
Tomonori
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契りけむ心ぞつらき織女の年に一たびあふはあふかは
| chigirikemu kokoro zo tsuraki tanabata no toshi ni hito tabi au wa au ka wa | To be bound is Hard on the heart, indeed! Does the Weaver Maid But once a year Truly have a meeting? |
Okikaze
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[1] Kokinshū XIII: 661/Shinsen man’yōshū 199/Kokin rokujō III: 1683
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白玉のきえて涙と成りぬれば恋しきかげを袖にこそ見れ
| shiratama no kiete namida to narinureba koishiki kage o sode ni koso mire | Pearls Vanish and to tears Have turned, so Her beloved face I will see upon my sleeves. |
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人を見ておもふ事だに有るものを空にこふるぞはかなかりける
| hito o mite omou koto dani aru mono o sora ni kōru zo hakanakarikeru | I saw her, and Thoughts simply Filled me, but In the skies, love is Fleeting, indeed! |
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かけつればちぢのこがねも数しりぬなど我が恋のあふばかりなき
| kaketsureba chiji no kogane mo kazu shirinu nado wa ga koi no au bakari naki | Strung together, they are, so Even thousand thousand gold In number I do know; Why, with my love is there Simply meetings none? |
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君こふる涙の床にみちぬれば身をつくしとぞ我はなりぬる
| kimi kouru namida no toko ni michinureba mi o tsukushi to zo ware wa narinuru | Loving you With tears my bed Has completely filled, so A channel buoy, exhausted, Have I become. |
Okikaze
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[1] Kokinshū XII: 569/ Kokin rokujō III: 1961
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河の瀬になびくたま藻のみがくれて人にしられぬ恋もするかな
| kawa no se ni nabiku tamamo no migakurete hito ni shirarenu koi mo suru kana | Beneath the river shallows Trails gemweed, Hidden in the waters; She does not know The love I feel. |
Ki no Tomonori
156[1]
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一たびも恋しとおもふにくるしきは心ぞちぢにくだくべらなる
| hitotabi mo koishi to omou ni kurushiki wa kokoro zo chiji ni kudakuberanaru | Briefly Did I love you, I feel, then The pain My heart a thousand, thousandfold Did surely shatter. |
157[2]
[1] Kokinshū XII: 565/Kokin rokujō V: 2664
[2] Shinsen man’yōshū 444/Mandaishū IX: 1760/A minor variant of this poem also occurs in the Poetry Contest held by the Empress during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor (30).
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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. |
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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? |
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月夜には花とぞ見ゆる竹のうへに降りしく雪を誰かはらはむ
| tsukiyo ni wa hana to zo miyuru take no ue ni furishiku yuki o tare ka harawamu | On a moonlit night As blossom it appears, so From the bamboo The fallen, scattered, snow— Who would sweep it away? |
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しら雪を分けてわかるるかたみには袖に涙のこほるなりけり
| shirayuki o wakete wakaruru katami ni wa sode ni namida no kōru narikeri | That through the snow so white I pressed on, forging, A keepsake is The tears upon my sleeves, All frozen. |
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雪のうちのみやまからこそおいはくれかしらのしろく成るをまづみよ
| yuki no uchi no miyama kara koso oi wa kure kashira no shiroku naru o mazu miyo | Within the snows From the mountains deep, O, come, old age! My head to white Is turned—see that first! |
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松の上にかかれる雪はよそにして時まどはせる花とこそみれ
| matsu no ue ni kakareru yuki wa yoso ni shite toki madowaseru hana to koso mire | Upon the pine trees Clings snow: From afar, The season has led astry The blossom, it does appear! |
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足引の山のかけはし冬くればこほりのうへをよきぞかねつる
| ashihiki no yama no kakehashi fuyu kureba kōri no ue o yoki zo kanetsuru | To the leg-wearying Mountain plankways, When the winter comes The ice atop them Is difficult to avoid! |
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ふゆくれば雪ふりつもる高きみね立つ白雲に見えまがふかな
| fuyu kureba yuki furitsumoru takaki mine tatsu shirakumo ni miemagau kana | When the winter comes The snow fallen, piled high upon The lofty peaks With the rising clouds so white Is easy to confuse! |
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