たきのおとはたえて久しくなりぬれど名こそながれてなほきこえけれ The cataract’s sound Faded so long Ago, yet Its name flows on and Is yet heard. #waka #tanka #poem #wakapoem #Japan #miscellaneouspoem #和歌 #雑歌 wakapoetry.net/szs-xvi-1035/

やすらはでねなましものをさ夜ふけてかたぶくまでの月を見しかな Without hesitating I wish I had to bed, but Brief night has broken, As setting, The moon remained within my sight! #wakapoem #wakapoetry #poem #love #Japan #lovepoem #和歌 #恋 #恋歌　 wakapoetry.net/gsis-xii-680/

君がためをしからざりしいのちさへながくもがなとおもひけるかな For your sake, my love, I would not have regretted Even my life, but O, to live long With you in my passionate heart! #wakapoem #wakapoetry #poem #love #Japan #lovepoem #和歌 #恋 #恋歌　 wakapoetry.net/gsis-xii-669/

逢ふ事のたえてしなくは中中に人をも身をもうらみざらまし If meeting Were never to be, then Somehow, Both you, lady, and my unlucky lot I would not wish to resent! #wakapoem #wakapoetry #poem #love #Japan #lovepoem #和歌 #恋 #恋歌　 wakapoetry.net/sis-xi-678/

あひみての後の心にくらぶればむかしは物をおもはざりけり Having been with you, Now, my feelings Should I compare With those of bygone days—then I loved you not at all. #wakapoem #wakapoetry #poem #love #Japan #lovepoem #和歌 #恋 #恋歌　 wakapoetry.net/sis-xii-710-2/

ゆらのとをわたるふな人かぢをたえ行へもしらぬ恋のみちかな In the Yura strait A ferryman a’crossing Rudderless I know not whither bound am I On this path of love! #wakapoem #wakapoetry #poem #love #Japan #lovepoem #和歌 #恋 #恋歌　 wakapoetry.net/skks-xi-1071/

秋かぜにたなびく雲のたえまよりもれいづる月のかげのさやけさ The autumn wind Streams clouds, and From gaps between Leaks the moon’s Light, so clear and bright. #waka #tanka #poem #wakapoem #Japan #autumn #和歌 #秋 #秋歌 wakapoetry.net/skks-iv-413/

いはおろすかたこそなけれいせの海のしほせにかかるあまのつり舟 To drop their stones Is there no place at all, At the sea off Ise Caught by the rushing tides are The seafolk’s fishing boats… #waka #tanka #poem #wakapoem #Japan #和歌 #雑歌 wakapoetry.net/szs-xvi-1043/

花さそふあらしの庭の雪ならでふりゆく物は我が身なりけり Enticing the blossom, The storm wind to my garden Brings not the snow, instead Fallen into age is My sorry self. #waka #tanka #poem #wakapoem #Japan #miscellaneouspoem #和歌 #雑歌 wakapoetry.net/scss-xvi-1052/

風そよぐならのを川の夕ぐれはみそぎぞ夏のしるしなりける Whispers on the wind Through the oaks at Nara stream Of an evening: Lustrations, alone, of summer Are the sign. #waka #tanka #poem #wakapoem #Japan #summer #summerpoem #和歌 #夏　#夏歌 wakapoetry.net/scss-iii-192/

みそぎするならのをがはのかはかぜにいのりぞわたるしたにたえじと Lustrations take place At the Nara stream, and On the breeze from off the river Let my prayer cross over— That our secret should be kept forever! #wakapoem #wakapoetry #poem #love #lovepoem wakapoetry.net/skks-xv-1376/