194 KAMAKURA PERIOD
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Omoiamari
Sonata no sora wo
Nagamureba
Kasumi wo wakete
Harusame zo furu
|
When I stare off
At the far sky where you are,
In excess of grief,
Filtering through the mists
The spring rains are falling.
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Fujiwara no Shunzei (1114–1204)
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Uchishimeri
Ayame zo kaoru
Hototogisu
Naku ya satsuki no
Ame no yūgure
|
The irises,
Their petals damp, are fragrant.
Listen! The cuckoos
Are calling now, this rainy
Evening in May.
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Fujiwara no Yoshitsune (1169–1206)
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Ima komu to
Chigirishi koto wa
Yume nagara
Mishi yo ni nitaru
Ariake no tsuki
|
He promised me then
He would come to me at once—
That was in a dream:
And yet the moon at daybreak
Looked as it did the night we met.
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Minamoto no Michitomo (1171–1227)
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Haru no yo no
Yume no ukihashi
Todae shite
Mine ni wakaruru
Yokogumo no sora
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When the floating bridge
Of the dream of a spring night
Was snapped, I awoke:
In the sky a bank of clouds
Was drawing away from the peak.
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Fujiwara no Teika
