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ひさにこぬ人をまつにやあひぬらむときはのこひとわがなりぬるは
hisa ni konu hito o matsu ni ya ainuramu tokiwa no koi to wa ga narinuru wa He never comes, that
Mitsune
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おもひつつまだいひそめぬわがこひをおなじこころに人はしらなむ
omoitsutsu mada iisomenu wa ga koi o onaji kokoro ni hito wa shiranamu Ever are you in my passionate thoughts,
Mitsune
When a man who had come to see her around the Eighth Month left behind his fan, which was decorated with a picture of bamboo leaves spotted with dewdrops, after some time had passed, she returned it, with this.
shinonome ni At the break of dawn
Izumi Shikibu
人ならばまててふべきをほととぎすふたこゑとだにきかですぎぬる
hito naraba Were you a man,
Fujiwara no Motozane
ありへてもくちしはてねばをみなへしひとさかりゆくあきもありけり
arietemo kuchishihateneba ominaeshi hito sakariyuku aki mo arikeri Long has she lingered there, yet
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おほよそになべてをらるなをみなへしのちうきものぞひとのこころは
ōyoso ni nabete oraru na ominaeshi nochi uki mono zo hito no kokoro wa Perfunctorily,
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ひとのみることやくるしきをみなへしあきぎりにのみたちかくるらむ
hito no miru koto ya kurushiki ominaeshi akigiri ni nomi tachikakururamu For man to gaze on you,
Tadamine[1]
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とりてみばはかなからんやをみなへしそでにつつめるしらつゆのたま
torite miba hakanakaran ya ominaeshi sode ni tsutsumeru shiratsuyu no tama If I pick and look
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[1] KKS IV: 235
[One of] twenty-four poems sent by Lady Kasa to Ōtomo no Yakamochi.
不相念 人乎思者 大寺之 餓鬼之後尓 額衝如
相思はぬ人を思ふは大寺の餓鬼の後方に額つくごとし
ai’omopanu He loves me not:
From the poetry contest in 1500 rounds.
見ぬ人をまつの木かげの苔むしろ猶敷島ややまとなでしこ
minu hito o For a man unseen
Kūnaikyō, in service to Former Emperor Gotoba
しぐれ降る暁月夜紐解かず恋ふらむ君と居らましものを
sigure puru Showers fall
Anonymous
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雁のねは風にきほひてわたれどもわが待つ人のことづてぞなき
kari no ne wa kaze ni kioite wataredomo wa ga matsu hito no kotozute zo naki The goose cries
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大空をとりかへすとも見えなくにほしかとみゆる秋の草かな
ōzora o torikaesu tomo mienaku ni hoshi ka to miyuru aki no kusa kana The heavens
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夏の日を天雲しばしかくさなむぬるほどもなく明くる夜にせん
natsu no hi o amagumo shibashi kakusanamu nuru hodo mo naku akuru yo ni sen The summer sun is
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郭公なきつる夏の山辺にはくつていださぬ人やすむらむ
hototogisu nakitsuru natsu no yamabe ni wa kutsute idasanu hito ya sumuramu A cuckoo
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