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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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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
164
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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 My love:
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 The crimson
Tomonori[1]
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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
Okikaze
[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
160
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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
161
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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
158
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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
Okikaze[1]
[1] Kokinshū XII: 569/ Kokin rokujō III: 1961
Love Poems Twenty Rounds
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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 Beneath the river shallows
Ki no Tomonori[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
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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ふくみあへず消えなむ雪を冬の日の花と見ればや鳥のとむらん
fukumiaezu kienamu yuki o fuyu no hi no hana to mireba ya tori no touran Unable enter in
155
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This poem is missing from extant texts of the competition.
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