玉桙之 道去夫利尓 不思 妹乎相見而 恋比鴨
たまほこの みちゆきぶりに おもはぬに いもをあひみて こふるころかも
tamapoko no mitiyukiburi ni omopanu ni imo wo apimite kopuru koro kamo Jewelled-spear straight The road I travelled when Unexpectedly Did I meet a maiden– How I love her these days!
豊洲 聞浜松 心裳 何妹 相云始
とよくにの きくのはままつ ねもころに なにしかいもに あひいひそめけむ
toyokuni no kiku no pamamatu nemokoro ni nani sika imo ni api’ipisomekemu As in the land of Toyo At Kiku the beach-pines, Sweetly, Why has my darling Begun to meet and talk with me?
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
[His Majesty’s Poem]
さるさはのいけもつらしなわぎもこがたまもかづかばみづもひなまし
sarusaFa no ike mo turasi na wagimoko ga tamamo kadukaba midu mo Finamasi Sarusawa Pond, too, heartless is! When my darling Sank among the gemweed, I wish its waters dried…
[The Nara Emperor]
Also Yamato monogatari 253.
When the autumn wind was blowing coldly, around the time his wife passed away.
思ひきや秋のよ風のさむけきにいもなきとこにひとりねむとは
omoFiki ya aki no yokaze no samukeki ni imo naki toko ni Fitori nemu to Fa How unexpected is The autumn night’s wind, So cold upon My bed where, without my darling I must sleep alone.
Senior Assistant Governor General Kuni’akira
春楊 葛山 発雲 立座 妹念
はるやなぎ かづらきやまに たつくもの たちてもゐても いもをしぞおもふ
paru yanagi kadurakiyama ni tatu kumo no tatite mo wite mo imo wo si zo omopu Spring willows Cap Kazuraki Mountain, where Clouds rise, but Rising or remaining My darling is ever in my thoughts
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
草枕たびにしあればいもにこひさむるまをなみ夢さへみえず
kusamakura tabi ni shi areba imo ni koi samuru ma o nami yume sae miezu A pillow of grass I have on my travels, so Yearning for my darling I lie awake, not even Glimpsing her within a dream.[i]
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[i] See: 家有者 笥尓盛飯乎 草枕 旅尓之有者 椎之葉尓盛 ie ni areba/ ke ni moru ii o / kusamakura / tabi ni shi areba / shii no ha ni moru ‘When I am at home / The pots are full of rice, but / Pillowed on the grass / On this journey now / Only the chinquapin leaves are plentiful…’ Prince Arima (Man’yōshū II: 142 )
時風 吹飯乃浜尓 出居乍 贖命者 妹之為社
ときつかぜ ふけひのはまに いでゐつつ あかふいのちは いもがためこそ
toki tu kaze pukepi no pama ni idewitutu akapu inoti pa imo ga tame koso A timely wind Blows upon the beach at Fukehi, where I go out and sit me down, Praying to live on For my darling’s sake!
Anonymous
おく山のすゑのたつきもいさしらず妹にあはずて年のへゆけば
okuyama no sue no tatsu ki mo isashirazu imo ni awazute toshi no heyukeba Deep within the mountains’ End stand trees—of them, too, What’s to become, I know not, for I cannot meet my darling, and The years drag on…
441
久かたのあまとぶ雲の風をいたみ我はしかおもふいもにしあはねば
hisakata no ama tobu kumo no kaze o itami ware wa shika omou imo ni shi awaneba Across the eternal Heavens fly the clouds With the winds suffering I feel just like that For my darling I cannot meet…
433
伊毛何美斯 阿布知乃波那波 知利奴倍斯 和何那久那美多 伊摩陁飛那久尓
いもがみし あふちのはなは ちりぬべし わがなくなみた いまだひなくに
imo ga misi aputi no pana pa tirinubesi wa ga naku namida imada pinaku ni My darling’s eyes Met chinaberry blooms, All scattered now, though The tears I weep Have yet to dry…
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