| 51.
Kaku to da ni E yawa ibuki no Sashimogusa Sa shi mo shira ji na Moyuru omohi wo /
Fujiwara no Sanekata Ason(?-998) /
Genre: love * pun: "tell(ibu)" and "Mt. Ibuki" "love" and "fire(hi)" I can not tell you even I am in love with you like this, so you would not know my love is burning like sashi-mogusa on Mt. Ibuki. |
| 52.
Ake nure ba Kururu mono to wa Shiri nagara Nao urameshiki Asaborake kana /
Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason(972-994) /
Genre: love * contrast I know it goes dark and I can see you again, still, I can't help feeling sorry when the day breaks. |
| 53.
Nageki tsutsu Hitori nuru yo no Akuru ma wa Ikani hisashiki Mono to ka wa shiru /
Udaisho Michitsuna no haha /
Genre: love
You don't know how long the night is when I sleep alone missing you until dawn, do you? |
| 54.
Wasure ji no Yukusue made wa Katakere ba Kyo wo kagiri no Inochi to mo gana /
Gido Sanshi no haha /
Genre: love
You told me you would never forget me but it is difficult for you not to change your mind forever, so I would rather die today when I'm loved. |
| 55.
Taki no oto wa Tae te hisashiku Nari nure do Na koso nagare te Nao kikoe kere /
Dainagon Kinto(966-1041) /
Genre: others * comparison: "oto(=sound)" - "na(=name)" "tae(=be dried up)" - "nagare(=flow)" Though it has passed so long since the waterfall lost the water and the sound, only the fame has been known and is heard even now. |
| 56.
Ara zara mu Ko no yo no hoka no Omoide ni Ima hitotabi no Au koto mo gana /
Izumi Shikibu /
Genre: love
I'm going to die, so I want to see you once again at least, to make a good memory to comfort me in the heaven. |
| 57.
Meguri-ai te Mi shi ya sore to mo Waka nu ma ni Kumo-gakure ni shi Yowa no tsuki kana /
Murasaki Shikibu(978-1016) /
Genre: others
I met you after a long time but you hurried back before I didn't make it sure that you are my old friend, as well as the midnight moon I came across disappeared behind a cloud before I recognize it. |
| 58.
Arimayama Ina no sasawara Kaze fuke ba Ide soyo hito wo Wasure yawa suru /
Daini no Sanmi /
Genre: love
When the wind blows in Inano bamboo plains from Mt. Arima, it makes a gentle rustling sound. That's it, how can I forget you? I will never forget you. |
| 59.
Yasurawa de Ne na mashi mono wo Sayo fuke te Katabuku made no Tsuki o mi shi kana /
Akazome Emon /
Genre: love
I would go to bed without hesitation if I had known you would not come, but after all, the night has grown late and I have seen the moon falling toward the west. |
| 60.
Oeyama Ikuno no michi no To kere ba Mada fumi mo mizu Ama no Hashidate /
Koshikibu no Naishi(around 1000-1025) /
Genre: others * pun: ikuno = "go(iku)" and "Ikuno" fumi = "set foot" and "letter" The road going over Mt. Oe and via Ikuno is so far that I have not set foot into Amanohasidate and seen a letter from my mother yet. |