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天智天皇 秋の田の かりほの庵の 苫をあらみ わが衣手は 露にぬれつつ

Tenchi Tenno Aki no ta no Kariho no io no Toma o arami Waga koromode wa Tsuyu ni nure tsutsu

Emperor Tenchi Coarse the rush-mat roof Sheltering the harvest-hut Of the autumn rice-field; And my sleeves are growing wet With the moisture dripping through.

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持統天皇 春過ぎて 夏来にけらし 白妙の 衣ほすてふ 天の香具山

Jito Tenno Haru sugite Natsu ki ni kerashi Shirotae no Koromo hosu cho Ama no Kaguyama

Empress Jito The spring has passed And the summer come again; For the silk-white robes, So they say, are spread to dry On the "Mount of Heaven's Perfume."

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柿本人麻呂 あしびきの 山鳥の尾の しだり尾の ながながし夜を ひとりかもねむ

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Ashibiki no Yamadori no o no Shidari o no Naganagashi yo o Hitori ka mo nen

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Oh, the foot-drawn trail Of the mountain-pheasant's tail Drooped like down-curved branch! Through this long, long-dragging night Must I lie in bed alone?

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山部赤人 田子の浦に 打ち出でてみれば 白妙の 富士の高嶺に 雪はふりつつ

Yamabe no Akahito Tago no Ura ni Uchi idete mireba Shirotae no Fuji no takane ni Yuki wa furi tsutsu

Yamabe no Akahito When I take the path To Tago's coast, I see Perfect whiteness laid On Mount Fuji's lofty peak By the drift of falling snow.

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猿丸大夫 奥山に 紅葉ふみわけ 鳴く鹿の 声きく時ぞ 秋は悲しき

Sarumaru Dayu Okuyama ni Momiji fumiwake Naku shika no Koe kiku toki zo Aki wa kanashiki

Sarumaru In the mountain depths, Treading through the crimson leaves, The wandering stag calls. When I hear the lonely cry, Sad--how sad!--the autumn is.

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中納言家持 かささぎの 渡せる橋に 置く霜の 白きを見れば 夜ぞふけにける

Chunagon Yakamochi Kasasagi no Wataseru hashi ni Oku shimo no Shiroki o mireba Yo zo fuke ni keru

Otomo no Yakamochi If I see that bridge That is spanned by flights of magpies Across the arc of heaven Made white with a deep-laid frost, Then the night is almost past.

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安倍仲麿 天の原 ふりさけ見れば 春日なる 三笠の山に 出でし月かも

Abe no Nakamaro Ama no hara Furisake mireba Kasuga naru Mikasa no yama ni Ideshi tsuki kamo

Abe no Nakamaro When I look up at The wide-stretched plain of heaven, Is the moon the same That rose on Mount Mikasa In the land of Kasuga?

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喜撰法師 わが庵は 都のたつみ しかぞすむ 世をうぢ山と 人はいふなり

Kisen Hoshi Waga io wa Miyako no tatsumi Shika zo sumu Yo o Ujiyama to Hito wa iu nari

The Monk Kisen My lowly hut is Southeast from the capital. Thus I choose to live. And the world in which I live Men have named a "Mount of Gloom."

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小野小町 花の色は うつりにけりな いたづらに わが身世にふる ながめせしまに

Ono no Komachi Hana no iro wa Utsuri ni keri na Itazura ni Waga mi yo ni furu Nagame seshi ma ni

Ono no Komachi Color of the flower Has already faded away, While in idle thoughts My life passes vainly by, As I watch the long rains fall.

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蝉丸 これやこの 行くも帰るも 別れては 知るも知らぬも 逢坂の関

Semimaru Kore ya kono Yuku mo kaeru mo Wakarete wa Shiru mo shiranu mo Osaka no seki

Semimaru Truly, this is where Travelers who go or come Over parting ways-- Friends or strangers--all must meet: The gate of "Meeting Hill."

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参議篁 わたの原 八十島かけて こぎ出ぬと 人には告げよ あまのつり舟

Sangi Takamura Wata no hara Yasoshima kakete Kogi idenu to Hito ni wa tsugeyo Ama no tsuri bune

Ono no Takamura Over the wide sea Towards its many distant isles My ship sets sail. Will the fishing boats thronged here Proclaim my journey to the world?

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僧正遍昭 天つ風 雲のかよひ路 吹きとぢよ 乙女のすがた しばしとどめむ

Sojo Henjo Ama tsu kaze Kumo no kayoiji Fuki toji yo Otome no sugata Shibashi todomen

The Monk Henjo Let the winds of heaven Blow through the paths among the clouds And close their gates. Then for a while I could detain These messengers in maiden form.

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陽成院 筑波嶺の 峰より落つる みなの川 恋ぞつもりて 淵となりぬる

Yozei In Tsukuba ne no Mine yori otsuru Minano-gawa Koi zo tsumorite Fuchi to nari nuru

Emperor Yozei From Tsukuba's peak Falling waters have become Mina's still, full flow: So my love has grown to be Like the river's quiet deeps.

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河原左大臣 みちのくの しのぶもぢずり 誰故に 乱れそめにし 我ならなくに

Kawara no Sadaijin Michinoku no Shinobu moji-zuri Tare yue ni Midare some ni shi Ware naranaku ni

Minamoto no Toru Like Michinoku prints Of the tangled leaves of ferns, It is because of you That I have become confused; But my love for you remains.

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光孝天皇 君がため 春の野に出でて 若菜つむ わが衣手に 雪はふりつつ

Koko Tenno Kimi ga tame Haru no no ni idete Wakana tsumu Waga koromode ni Yuki wa furi tsutsu

Emperor Koko It is for your sake That I walk the fields in spring, Gathering green herbs, While my garment's hanging sleeves Are speckled with falling snow.

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中納言行平 立ち別れ いなばの山の 峰に生ふる まつとしきかば 今かへりこむ

Chunagon Yukihira Tachi wakare Inaba no yama no Mine ni oru Matsu to shi kikaba Ima kaeri kon

Ariwara no Yukihira Though we are parted, If on Mount Inaba's peak I should hear the sound Of the pine trees growing there, I'll come back again to you.

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在原業平朝臣 千早ぶる 神代もきかず 龍田川 からくれないに 水くくるとは

Ariwara no Narihira Ason Chihayaburu Kamiyo mo kikazu Tatsuta-gawa Kara kurenai ni Mizu kukuru to wa

Ariwara no Narihira Even when the gods Held sway in the ancient days, I have never heard That water gleamed with autumn red As it does in Tatta's stream

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藤原敏行朝臣 住の江の 岸による波 よるさへや 夢の通ひ路 人目よくらむ

Fujiwara no Toshiyuki Ason Sumi no e no Kishi ni yoru nami Yoru sae ya Yume no kayoi ji Hito me yoku ran

Fujiwara no Toshiyuki The waves are gathered On the shore of Sumi Bay, And in the gathered night, When in dreams I go to you, I hide from people's eyes.

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伊勢 難波潟 みじかき芦の ふしのまも あはでこの世を 過ぐしてよとや

Ise Naniwa gata Mijikaki ashi no Fushi no ma mo Awade kono yo o Sugushite yo to ya

Lady Ise Even for a time Short as a piece of the reeds In Naniwa's marsh, We must never meet again: Is this what you are asking me?

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元良親王 わびぬれば 今はた同じ 難波なる 身をつくしても 逢はむとぞ思ふ

Motoyoshi Shinno Wabi nureba Ima hata onaji Naniwa naru Mi o tsukushite mo Awan to zo omou

Prince Motoyoshi In this dire distress My life is meaningless. So we must meet now, Even though it costs my life In the Bay of Naniwa.

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素性法師 今来むと いひしばかりに 長月の 有明の月を 待ち出づるかな

Sosei Hoshi Ima kon to Iishi bakari ni Nagatsuki no Ariake no tsuki o Machi izuru kana

The Monk Sosei Just because she said, "In a moment I will come," I've awaited her Until the moon of daybreak, In the long month, has appeared.

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文屋康秀 吹くからに 秋の草木の しをるれば むべ山風を あらしといふらむ

Fun'ya no Yasuhide Fuku kara ni Aki no kusaki no Shiorureba Mube yama kaze o Arashi to iuran

Fun'ya no Yasuhide It is by its breath That autumn's leaves of trees and grass Are wasted and driven. So they call this mountain wind The wild one, the destroyer.

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大江千里 月見れば 千々に物こそ 悲しけれ わが身ひとつの 秋にはあらねど

Oe no Chisato Tsuki mireba Chiji ni mono koso Kanashi kere Waga mi hitotsu no Aki ni wa aranedo

Oe no Chisato As I view the moon, Many things come into my mind, And my thoughts are sad; Yet it's not for me alone, That the autumn time has come.

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管家 このたびは 幣もとりあへず 手向山 紅葉のにしき 神のまにまに

Kan Ke Kono tabi wa Nusa mo toriaezu Tamukeyama Momiji no nishiki Kami no mani mani

Sugawara no Michizane At the present time, Since I could bring no offering, See Mount Tamuke! Here are brocades of red leaves, As a tribute to the gods.

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三條右大臣 名にしおはば 逢坂山の さねかづら 人にしられで くるよしもがな

Sanjo Udaijin Na ni shi owaba Osakayama no Sanekazura Hito ni shirarede Kuru yoshi mo gana

Fujiwara no Sadakata If your name is true, Trailing vine of "Meeting Hill," Isn't there some way, Hidden from people's gaze, That you can draw her to my side?

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貞信公 小倉山 峰のもみじ葉 心あらば 今ひとたびの みゆきまたなむ

Teishin Ko Ogurayama Mine no momijiba Kokoro araba Ima hitotabi no Miyuki matanan

Fujiwara no Tadahira If the maple leaves On Ogura mountain Could only have hearts, They would longingly await The emperor's pilgrimage.

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中納言兼輔 みかの原 わきてながるる 泉川 いつ見きとてか 恋しかるらむ

Chunagon Kanesuke Mika no Hara Wakite nagaruru Izumi-gawa Itsu mi kitote ka Koishi karuran

Fujiwara no Kanesuke Over Mika's plain, Gushing forth and flowing free, Is Izumi's stream. I do not know if we have met: Why, then, do I long for her?

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源宗干朝臣 山里は 冬ぞさびしさ まさりける 人めも草も かれぬとおもへば

Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason Yama-zato wa Fuyu zo sabishisa Masari keru Hitome mo kusa mo Karenu to omoeba

Minamoto no Muneyuki Winter loneliness In a mountain village grows Only deeper, when Guests are gone, and leaves and grass Are withered: troubling thoughts.

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凡河内躬恒 心あてに 折らばや折らむ 初霜の おきまどはせる 白菊の花

Oshikochi no Mitsune Kokoroate ni Orabaya oran Hatsushimo no Oki madowaseru Shiragiku no hana

Oshikochi no Mitsune If it were my wish To pick the white chrysanthemums, Puzzled by the frost Of the early autumn time, I by chance might pluck the flower.

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壬生忠岑 有明の つれなくみえし 別れより 暁ばかり うきものはなし

Mibu no Tadamine Ariake no Tsurenaku mieshi Wakare yori Akatsuki bakari Uki mono wa nashi

Mibu no Tadamine Like the morning moon, Cold, unpitying was my love. And since we parted, I dislike nothing so much As the breaking light of day.

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坂上是則 朝ぼらけ 有明の月と みるまでに 吉野の里に ふれる白雪

Sakanoue no Korenori Asaborake Ariake no tsuki to Miru made ni Yoshino no sato ni Fureru shirayuki

Sakanoue no Korenori At the break of day, Just as though the morning moon Lightened the dim scene, Yoshino's village lay In a haze of falling snow.

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春道列樹 山川に 風のかけたる しがらみは 流れもあへぬ 紅葉なりけり

Harumichi no Tsuraki Yama kawa ni Kaze no kaketaru Shigarami wa Nagare mo aenu Momiji nari keri

Harumichi no Tsuraki In a mountain stream There is a wattled barrier Built by the busy wind. Yet it's only maple leaves, Powerless to flow away.

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紀友則 久方の 光のどけき 春の日に しづ心なく 花のちるらむ

Ki no Tomonori Hisakata no Hikari nodokeki Haru no hi ni Shizu-gokoro naku Hana no chiruran

Ki no Tomonori In the peaceful light Of the ever-shining sun In the days of spring, Why do the cherry's new-blown blooms Scatter like restless thoughts?

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藤原興風 誰をかも 知る人にせむ 高砂の 松もむかしの 友ならなくに

Fujiwara no Okikaze Tare o ka mo Shiru hito ni sen Takasago no Matsu mo mukashi no Tomo nara naku ni

Fujiwara no Okikaze Who is still alive When I have grown so old That I can call my friends? Even Takasago's pines No longer offer comfort.

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紀貫之 人はいさ 心も知らず ふるさとは 花ぞむかしの 香に匂ひける

Ki no Tsurayuki Hito wa isa Kokoro mo shirazu Furusato wa Hana zo mukashi no Ka ni nioi keru

Ki no Tsurayuki The depths of the hearts Of humankind cannot be known. But in my birthplace The plum blossoms smell the same As in the years gone by.

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清原深養父 夏の夜は まだ宵ながら 明けぬるを 雲のいづくに 月やどるらむ

Kiyohara no Fukayabu Natsu no yo wa Mada yoi nagara Akenuru o Kumo no izuko ni Tsuki yadoruran

Kiyohara no Fukayabu In the summer night The evening still seems present, But the dawn is here. To what region of the clouds Has the wandering moon come home?

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文屋朝康 白露に 風のふきしく 秋の野は つらぬきとめぬ 玉ぞちりける

Fun'ya no Asayasu Shiratsuyu ni Kaze no fukishiku Aki no no wa Tsuranuki tomenu Tama zo chiri keru

Fun'ya no Asayasu In the autumn fields When the heedless wind blows by Over the pure-white dew, How the myriad unstrung gems Are scattered everywhere around

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右近 忘らるる 身をば思はず 誓ひてし 人の命の 惜しくもあるかな

Ukon Wasuraruru Mi o ba omowazu Chikaite shi Hito no inochi no Oshiku mo aru kana

Lady Ukon Though he forsook me, For myself I do not care: He made a promise, And his life, who is forsworn, Oh how pitiful that is.

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参議等 浅茅生の 小野の篠原 忍ぶれど あまりてなどか 人の恋しき

Sangi Hitoshi Asajiu no Ono no shinohara Shinoburedo Amarite nado ka Hito no koishiki

Minamoto no Hitoshi Bamboo growing Among the tangled reeds Like my hidden love: But it is too much to bear That I still love her so.

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平兼盛 忍ぶれど 色に出でにけり わが恋は 物や思ふと 人の問ふまで

Taira no Kanemori Shinoburedo Iro ni ide ni keri Waga koi wa Mono ya omou to Hito no tou made

Taira no Kanemori Though I would hide it, In my face it still appears-- My fond, secret love. And now he questions me: "Is something bothering you?"

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壬生忠見 恋すてふ 我が名はまだき 立ちにけり 人しれずこそ 思ひそめしか

Mibu no Tadami Koisu cho Waga na wa madaki Tachi ni keri Hito shirezu koso Omoi someshi ka

Mibu no Tadami It is true I love, But the rumor of my love Had gone far and wide, When people should not have known That I had begun to love.

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清原元輔 ちぎりきな かたみに袖を しぼりつつ 末の松山 波こさじとは

Kiyohara no Motosuke Chigiriki na Katami ni sode o Shibori tsutsu Sue no Matsuyama Nami kosaji to wa

Kiyohara no Motosuke Our sleeves were wet with tears As pledges that our love-- Will last until Over Sue's Mount of Pines Ocean waves are breaking.

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中納言敦忠 逢ひ見ての 後の心に くらぶれば むかしは物を 思はざりけり

Chunagon Atsutada Ai mite no Nochi no kokoro ni Kurabureba Mukashi wa mono o Omowazari keri

Fujiwara no Atsutada I have met my love. When I compare this present With feelings of the past, My passion is now as if I have never loved before.

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中納言朝忠 逢ふことの 絶えてしなくば 中々に 人をも身をも 恨みざらまし

Chunagon Asatada Au koto no Taete shi nakuba Nakanaka ni Hito o mo mi o mo Urami zaramashi

Fujiwara no Asatada If it should happen That we never met again, I would not complain; And I doubt that she or I Would feel that we were left alone.

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謙徳公 あはれとも いふべき人は 思ほえで 身のいたづらに なりぬべきかな

Kentoku Ko Aware to mo Iu beki hito wa Omooede Mi no itazura ni Narinu beki kana

Fujiwara no Koremasa Surely there is none Who will speak a pitying word About my lost love. Now my folly's fitting end Is my own nothingness.

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曽根好忠 由良のとを わたる舟人 かぢをたえ 行く方もしらぬ 恋の道かな

Sone no Yoshitada Yura no to o Wataru funabito Kaji o tae Yukue mo shiranu Koi no michi kana

Sone no Yoshitada Like a mariner Sailing over Yura's strait With his rudder gone: Where, over the deep of love, The end lies, I do not know.

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恵慶法師 八重むぐら しげれる宿の さびしきに 人こそ見えね 秋は来にけり

Egyo Hoshi Yaemugura Shigereru yado no Sabishiki ni Hito koso miene Aki wa ki ni keri

The Monk Egyo To the dim cottage Overgrown with thick-leaved vines In its loneliness Comes the dreary autumn time: But there no people come.

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源重之 風をいたみ 岩うつ波の おのれのみ くだけて物を おもふ頃かな

Minamoto no Shigeyuki Kaze o itami Iwa utsu nami no Onore nomi Kudakete mono o Omou koro kana

Minamoto no Shigeyuki Like a driven wave, Dashed by fierce winds on a rock, So am I: alone And crushed upon the shore, Remembering what has been.

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大中臣能宣朝臣 みかき守 衛士のたく火の 夜はもえ 昼は消えつつ 物をこそおもへ

Onakatomi no Yoshinobu Ason Mikakimori Eji no taku hi no Yoru wa moe Hiru wa kie tsutsu Mono o koso omoe

Onakatomi no Yoshinobu Like the guard's fires Kept at the imperial gateway-- Burning through the night, Dull in ashes through the day-- Is the love aglow in me.

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藤原義孝 君がため 惜しからざりし 命さへ ながくもがなと おもひけるかな

Fujiwara no Yoshitaka Kimi ga tame Oshi karazarishi Inochi sae Nagaku mo gana to Omoi keru kana

Fujiwara no Yoshitaka For your precious sake, Once my eager life itself Was not dear to me. But now it is my heart's desire It may long, long years endure.

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藤原実方朝臣 かくとだに えやはいぶきの さしも草 さしも知らじな もゆる思ひを

Fujiwara no Sanekata Ason Kaku to dani Eyawa ibuki no Sashimogusa Sashimo shiraji na Moyuru omoi o

Fujiwara no Sanekata How can I tell her How fierce my love for her is? Will she understand That the love I feel for her Burns like Ibuki's fire plant?

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藤原道信朝臣 明けぬれば 暮るるものとは 知りながら なをうらめしき あさぼらけかな

Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason Akenureba Kururu mono to wa Shiri nagara Nao urameshiki Asaborake kana

Fujiwara no Michinobu Though I know indeed That the night will come again After day has dawned, Still, in truth, I hate the sight Of the morning's coming light.

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右大将道綱母 なげきつつ ひとりぬる夜の 明くる間は いかに久しき ものとかは知る

Udaisho Michitsuna no Haha Nageki tsutsu Hitori nuru yo no Akuru ma wa Ikani hisashiki Mono to ka wa shiru

The Mother of Michitsuna Lying all alone, Through the hours of the night, Till the daylight comes: Can you realize at all The emptiness of that night?

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儀同三司母 忘れじの 行末までは 難ければ 今日を限りの 命ともがな

Gido Sanshi no Haha Wasureji no Yukusue made wa Katakereba Kyo o kagiri no Inochi to mo gana

The Mother of Gido Sanshi If remembering me Will for him in future years Be too difficult, It would be well this very day That I should end my life.

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大納言公任 滝の音は 絶えて久しく なりぬれど 名こそ流れて なほ聞えけれ

Dainagon Kinto Taki no oto wa Taete hisashiku Narinuredo Na koso nagarete Nao kikoe kere

Fujiwara no Kinto Though the waterfall Ceased its flowing long ago, And its sound is stilled, Yet, in name it ever flows, And in fame may yet be heard.

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和泉式部 あらざらむ この世の外の 思ひ出に 今ひとたびの 逢ふこともがな

Izumi Shikibu Arazaran Kono yo no hoka no Omoide ni Ima hitotabi no Au koto mo gana

Lady Izumi Shikibu Soon my life will close. When I am beyond this world And have forgotten it, Let me remember only this: One final meeting with you.

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紫式部 めぐりあひて 見しやそれとも わかぬ間に 雲がくれにし 夜半の月かな

Murasaki Shikibu Meguri aite Mishi ya sore to mo Wakanu ma ni Kumo-gakure ni shi Yowa no tsuki kana

Lady Murasaki Shikibu Meeting on the path: But I cannot clearly know If it was he, Because the midnight moon In a cloud had disappeared.

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大弐三位 ありま山 猪名の笹原 風吹けば いでそよ人を 忘れやわする

Daini no Sanmi Arimayama Ina no sasawara Kaze fukeba Ide soyo hito o Wasure ya wa suru

Daini no Sanmi, Lady Kataiko As Mount Arima Sends its rustling winds across Ina's bamboo plains, I will be just as steadfast And never will forget you.

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赤染衛門 やすらはで 寝なまし物を 小夜更けて かたぶくまでの 月を見しかな

Akazome Emon Yasurawade Nenamashi mono o Sayo fukete Katabuku made no Tsuki o mishi kana

Lady Akazome Emon Better to have slept Care-free, than to keep vain watch Through the passing night, Till I saw the lonely moon Traverse her descending path.

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小式部内侍 大江山 いく野の道の とほければ まだふみも見ず 天の橋立

Koshikibu no Naishi Oeyama Ikuno no michi no To kereba Mada fumi mo mizu Ama no Hashidate

Lady Koshikibu By Oe Mountain The road to Ikuno Is far away, And neither have I beheld Nor crossed its bridge of heaven.

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伊勢大輔 いにしへの 奈良の都の 八重桜 今日九重に 匂ひぬるかな

Ise no Osuke Inishie no Nara no miyako no Yae-zakura Kyo kokonoe ni Nioi nuru kana

Lady Ise no Osuke Eight-fold cherry flowers That at Nara--ancient seat Of our state--have bloomed, In our nine-fold palace court Shed their sweet perfume today.

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清少納言 夜をこめて 鳥の空音は はかるとも よにあふさかの 関はゆるさじ

Sei Shonagon Yo o komete Tori no sorane wa Hakaru tomo Yo ni Osaka no Seki wa yurusaji

Lady Sei Shonagon The rooster's crowing In the middle of the night Deceived the hearers; But at Osaka's gateway The guards are never fooled.

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63

左京大夫道雅 今はただ 思ひ絶えなむ とばかりを 人づてならで いふよしもがな

Sakyo no Daibu Michimasa Ima wa tada Omoi taenan To bakari wo Hito-zute nara de Iu yoshi mo gana

Fujiwara no Michimasa Is there any way Except by a messenger To send these words to you? If I could, I'd come to you To say goodbye forever.

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64

権中納言定頼 朝ぼらけ 宇治の川ぎり たえだえに あらはれわたる ぜぜの網代木

GonChunagon Sadayori Asaborake Uji no kawagiri Tae-dae ni Araware wataru Zeze no ajirogi

Fujiwara no Sadayori In the early dawn When the mists on Uji River Slowly lift and clear, From the shallows to the deep, The stakes of fishing nets appear.

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65

相模 恨みわび ほさぬ袖だに あるものを 恋に朽ちなん 名こそ惜しけれ

Sagami Urami wabi Hosanu sode da ni Aru mono o Koi ni kuchinan Na koso oshi kere

Lady Sagami Even when your hate Makes me stain my sleeves with tears In cold misery, Worse than hate and misery Is the loss of my good name.

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66

前大僧正行尊 もろともに 哀れと思へ 山桜 花より外に 知る人もなし

Saki no Daisojo Gyoson Morotomo ni Aware to omoe Yama-zakura Hana yori hoka ni Shiru hito mo nashi

Abbot Gyoson On a mountain slope, Solitary, uncompanioned, Stands a cherry tree. Except for you, lonely friend, To others I am unknown.

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67

周防内侍 春の夜の 夢ばかりなる 手枕に かひなく立たむ 名こそ惜しけれ

Suo no Naishi Haru no yo no Yume bakari naru Tamakura ni Kainaku tatan Na koso oshi kere

Lady Suo If I lay my head Upon his arm in the dark Of a short spring night, This innocent dream pillow Will be the death of my good name.

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68

三条院 心にも あらで浮世に ながらへば 恋しかるべき 夜半の月かな

Sanjo In Kokoro ni mo Arade ukiyo ni Nagaraeba Koishikaru beki Yowa no tsuki kana

Emperor Sanjo Though I do not want To live on in this floating world, If I remain here, Let me remember only This midnight and this moonrise.

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69

能因法師 あらし吹く 三室の山の もみぢ葉は 龍田の川の にしきなりけり

Noin Hoshi Arashi fuku Mimuro no yama no Momijiba wa Tatsuta no kawa no Nishiki nari keri

The Monk Noin By the wind storm's blast From Mimuro's mountain slopes Maples leaves are torn, Which turn Tatsuta River Into a rich brocade.

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70

良暹法師 寂しさに 宿を立出て ながむれば いづこもおなじ 秋の夕暮

Ryosen Hoshi Sabishisa ni Yado o tachi idete Nagamureba Izuko mo onaji Aki no yugure

The Monk Ryosen In my loneliness I leave my little hut. When I look around, Everywhere it is the same: One lone, darkening autumn eve.

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71

大納言経信 夕されば 門田の稲葉 おとづれて あしのまろやに 秋風ぞふく

Dainagon Tsunenobu Yu sareba Kadota no inaba Otozurete Ashi no maroya ni Akikaze zo fuku

Minamoto no Tsunenobu When the evening comes, From the rice leaves at my gate, Gentle knocks are heard, And, into my round rush-hut, Enters autumn's roaming breeze.

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72

祐子内親王家紀伊 音にきく 高師の浜の あだ浪は かけじや袖の ぬれもこそすれ

Yushi Naishinno-ke no Kii Oto ni kiku Takashi no hama no Adanami wa Kakeji ya sode no Nure mo koso sure

Lady Kii Famous are the waves That break on Takashi beach In noisy arrogance. If I should go near that shore. I would only wet my sleeves.

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73

権中納言匡房 高砂の 尾の上の桜 咲きにけり 外山の霞 たたずもあらなん

GonChunagon Masafusa Takasago no Onoe no sakura Saki ni keri Toyama no kasumi Tatazu mo aranan

Oe no Masafusa On that far mountain On the slope below the peak Cherries are in flower. Oh, let the mountain mists Not arise to hide the scene.

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74

源俊頼朝臣 うかりける 人をはつせの 山おろし はげしかれとは 祈らぬものを

Minamoto no Toshiyori Ason Ukari keru Hito o Hatsuse no Yama oroshi Hageshikare to wa Inoranu mono o

Minamoto no Toshiyori It was not for this I prayed at the holy shrine: That she would become As pitiless and as cold As the storms on Hase's hills.

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75

藤原基俊 契りをきし させもが露を 命にて あはれことしの 秋もいぬめり

Fujiwara no Mototoshi Chigiri okishi Sasemo ga tsuyu o Inochi ni te Aware kotoshi no Aki mo inumeri

Fujiwara no Mototoshi As dew promises New life to the thirsty plant, So did your vow to me. Yet the year has passed away, And autumn has come again.

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76

法性寺入道前関白太政大臣 わたの原 こぎ出でて見れば 久方の 雲井にまがふ おきつしらなみ

Hoshoji no Nyudo Saki no Kanpaku Dajodaijin Wata no hara Kogi idete mireba Hisakata no Kumoi ni mago Okitsu shiranami

Fujiwara no Tadamichi Over the wide sea As I sail and look around, It appears to me That the white waves, far away, Are the ever shining sky.

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77

崇徳院 瀬をはやみ 岩にせかるる 滝川の われても末に 逢はむとぞ思ふ

Sutoku In Se o hayami Iwa ni sekaruru Takigawa no Warete mo sue ni Awan to zo omou

Emperor Sutoku Though a swift stream is Divided by a boulder In its headlong flow, Though divided, on it rushes, And at last unites again.

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78

源兼昌 淡路島 かよふ千鳥の なく声に いくよねざめぬ すまの関守

Minamoto no Kanemasa Awaji shima Kayou chidori no Naku koe ni Ikuyo nezamenu Suma no sekimori

Minamoto no Kanemasa Guard of Suma Gate, From your sleep, how many nights Have you awakened At the cries of sanderlings, Flying from Awaji Island?

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79

左京大夫顕輔 秋風に たなびく雲の たえまより もれ出づる月の かげのさやけさ

Sakyo no Daibu Akisuke Akikaze ni Tanabiku kumo no Taema yori More izuru tsuki no Kage no sayakesa

Fujiwara no Akisuke See how clear and bright Is the moonlight finding ways Through the riven clouds That, with drifting autumn wind, Gracefully float in the sky.

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80

待賢門院堀川 長からむ 心もしらず 黒髪の みだれてけさは 物をこそ思へ

Taiken Moin no Horikawa Nagakaran Kokoro mo shirazu Kurokami no Midarete kesa wa Mono o koso omoe

Lady Horikawa Is it forever That he hopes our love will last? He did not answer. And now my daylight thoughts Are as tangled as my black hair.

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81

後徳大寺左大臣 ほととぎす 鳴きつる方を 眺むれば ただ有明の 月ぞのこれる

Go Tokudaiji no Sadaijin Hototogisu Nakitsuru kata o Nagamureba Tada ariake no Tsuki zo nokoreru

Fujiwara no Sanesada When I turned my look Toward the place where I had heard The cuckoo's call, The only thing I found Was the moon of early dawn.

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82

道因法師 思ひわび さても命は あるものを 憂きに堪へぬは なみだなりけり

Doin Hoshi Omoi wabi Satemo inochi wa Aru mono o Uki ni taenu wa Namida nari keri

The Monk Doin Though in deep distress Through your cruel blow, my life Still is left to me. But I cannot keep my tears; They break forth from my grief.

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83

皇太后宮大夫俊成 世の中よ 道こそなけれ 思ひ入る 山のおくにも 鹿ぞ鳴くなる

Kotaigogu no Daibu Toshinari Yo no naka yo Michi koso nakere Omoi iru Yama no oku ni mo Shika zo naku naru

Fujiwara no Toshinari From this world I think That there is nowhere to escape. I wanted to hide In the mountains' farthest depths; But there I hear the stag's cry.

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84

藤原清輔朝臣 ながらへば またこの頃や しのばれむ 憂しと見し世ぞ 今は恋しき

Fujiwara no Kiyosuke Ason Nagaraeba Mata konogoro ya Shinobaren Ushi to mishi yo zo Ima wa koishiki

Fujiwara no Kiyosuke If I should live long, Then perhaps the present days May be dear to me, Just as past time filled with grief Comes quietly back in thought.

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85

俊恵法師 夜もすがら 物思ふ頃は 明けやらで ねやのひまさへ つれなかりけり

Shun'e Hoshi Yo mo sugara Mono omou koro wa Ake yarade Neya no hima sae Tsure nakari keri

The Monk Shun'e Through an unsleeping night Longingly I pass the hours, While the day's dawn lags. And now the bedroom shutters Are keeping light and life from me.

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86

西行法師 なげけとて 月やは物を 思はする かこちがほなる わがなみだかな

Saigyo Hoshi Nageke tote Tsuki ya wa mono o Omowasuru Kakochi gao naru Waga namida kana

The Monk Saigyo Should I blame the moon For bringing forth this sadness, As if it pictured grief? Lifting up my troubled face, I regard it through my tears.

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87

寂蓮法師 むらさめの 露もまだひぬ まきの葉に 霧立ちのぼる 秋の夕暮

Jakuren Hoshi Murasame no Tsuyu mo mada hinu Maki no ha ni Kiri tachinoboru Aki no yugure

The Monk Jakuren An autumn eve: See the valley mists arise Among the fir leaves That still hold the dripping wet Of the chill day's sudden showers.

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88

皇嘉門院別当 難波江の 芦のかりねの 一夜ゆへ 身をつくしてや 恋わたるべき

Koka Moin no Betto Naniwae no Ashi no karine no Hitoyo yue Mi o tsukushite ya Koi wataru beki

Attendant to Empress Koka After one brief night-- Short as a piece of the reeds Growing in Naniwa bay-- Must I forever long for him With my whole heart, till life ends?

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89

式子内親王 玉の緒よ 絶えなば絶えね ながらへば しのぶることの よはりもぞする

Shokushi Naishinno Tama no o yo Taenaba taene Nagaraeba Shinoburu koto no Yowari mo zo suru

Princess Shokushi Like a string of gems Grown weak, my life will break now; For if I live on, All I do to hide my love May at last grow weak and fail.

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90

殷富門院大輔 見せばやな 雄島のあまの 袖だにも ぬれにぞぬれし 色はかはらず

Inpu Moin no Taifu Misebaya na Ojima no ama no Sode dani mo Nure ni zo nureshi Iro wa kawarazu

Attendant to Empress Inpu Let me show him these! Even the fishermen's sleeves On Ojima's shores, Though wet through and wet again, Do not so change their colors.

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91

後京極摂政前太政大臣 きりぎりす 鳴くや霜夜の さむしろに 衣かたしき ひとりかも寝む

Go Kyogoku no Sessho Saki no Dajodaijin Kirigirisu Naku ya shimo yo no Samushiro ni Koromo katashiki Hitori kamo nen

Fujiwara no Yoshitsune In my cold bed, Drawing close my folded quilt, I sleep alone, While all through the frosty night I hear a cricket's lonely sound.

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92

二条院讃岐 わが袖は 潮干に見えぬ 沖の石の 人こそしらね かはくまもなし

Nijo In no Sanuki Waga sode wa Shiohi ni mienu Oki no ishi no Hito koso shirane Kawaku ma mo nashi

Lady Sanuki Like a rock at sea, At ebb-tide hidden from view, Is my tear-drenched sleeve: Never for a moment dry, And no one knows it is there.

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93

鎌倉右大臣 世の中は つねにもがもな なぎさこぐ あまの小舟の 綱手かなしも

Kamakura no Udaijin Yo no naka wa Tsune ni mo ga mo na Nagisa kogu Ama no obune no Tsuna de kanashi mo

Minamoto no Sanetomo If only our world Could be always as it is! How moving the sight Of the little fishing boat Drawn by ropes along the bank.

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94

参議雅経 みよし野の 山の秋風 さよふけて ふるさとさむく 衣うつなり

Sangi Masatsune Miyoshino no Yama no akikaze Sayo fukete Furusato samuku Koromo utsu nari

Fujiwara no Masatsune From Mount Yoshino Blows a chill, autumnal wind. In the deepening night The ancient village shivers: Sounds of beating cloth I hear.

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95

大僧正慈円 おほけなく うき世の民に おほふかな わがたつそまに 墨染の袖

Daisojo Jien Okenaku Ukiyo no tami ni Ou kana Waga tatsu soma ni Sumizome no sode

Abbot Jien From the monastery On Mount Hiei I look out On this world of tears, And though I am unworthy, I shield it with my black sleeves.

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96

入道前大政大臣 花さそふ あらしの庭の 雪ならで ふりゆくものは わが身なりけり

Nyudo Saki no Dajodaijin Hana sasou Arashi no niwa no Yuki nara de Furi yuku mono wa Waga mi nari keri

Fujiwara no Kintsune Not the snow of flowers, That the hurrying wild wind whirls Round the garden court: What withers and falls away In this place is I myself.

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97

権中納言定家 こぬ人を まつほの浦の 夕なぎに やくやもしほの 身もこがれつつ

GonChunagon Sadaie Konu hito o Matsuho no ura no Yunagi ni Yaku ya moshio no Mi mo kogare tsutsu

Fujiwara no Sadaie, Fujiwara no Teika Like the salt sea-weed, Burning in the evening calm. On Matsuo's shore, All my being is aflame, Awaiting her who does not come.

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98

従二位家隆 風そよぐ ならの小川の 夕ぐれは みそぎぞ夏の しるしなりける

Junii Ietaka Kaze soyogu Nara no ogawa no Yugure wa Misogi zo natsu no Shirushi nari keru

Fujiwara no Ietaka To Nara's brook comes Evening, and the rustling winds Stir the oak-trees' leaves. Not a sign of summer left But the sacred bathing there.

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99

後鳥羽院 人も惜し 人も恨めし あぢきなく 世を思ふゆへに もの思ふ身は

Gotoba In Hito mo oshi Hito mo urameshi Ajiki naku Yo o omou yue ni Mono omou mi wa

Emperor Gotoba For some men I grieve; Some men are hateful to me; And this wretched world To me, with all my sadness, Is a place of misery.

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100

順徳院 百敷や 古き軒端の しのぶにも なほあまりある むかしなりけり

Juntoku In Momoshiki ya Furuki nokiba no Shinobu ni mo Nao amari aru Mukashi nari keri

Emperor Juntoku In this ancient house, Paved with a hundred stones, Ferns grow in the eaves; But numerous as they are, My old memories are more.

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