我(ﾜ)が背子(ｾｺ)を　大和(ﾔﾏﾄ)へ遣(ﾔ)ると　さ夜(ﾖ)ふけて　暁露(ｱｶﾄｷﾂﾕ)に　我が立ち濡(ﾈ)れし As I send my dear to Yamato, the darker the night …

酒坏(ｻｶﾂﾞｷ)に　梅の花浮かべ　思ふどち　飲みての後(ﾉﾁ)は　散りぬともよし Drinking sake with like-minded friends floating plum blossoms in the…

かくしつつ　遊び飲みこそ　草木すら　春は生(ｵ)ひつつ　秋は散り行く Let’s enjoy the banquet, drinking and eating thus momentary. Even the…

月立ちて　ただ三日月(ﾐｶﾂﾞｷ)の　眉根(ﾏﾖﾈ)掻(ｶ)き*　日(ｹ)長く恋ひし　君に逢へるかも As the moon rises, I scratch my eyebrow* like the crescent …

恋ひ恋ひて　逢(ｱ)へる時だに　愛(ｳﾂｸ)しき　言尽(ｺﾄﾂ)くしてよ　長くと思(ｵﾓ)はば If you think this love I have been falling in with you will ne…

山菅(ﾔﾏｽｹﾞ)の　実成(ﾐﾅ)らぬことを　我(ﾜ)に寄(ﾖ)そり　言はれし君は　たれとか寝(ﾈ)らむ You are rumored to be in love with me. But our love is se…

(大伴坂上郎女の歌二首) 黒髪に　白髪(ｼﾗｶﾐ)交じり　老(ｵ)ゆるまで　かかる恋には　いまだあはなくに (Two poems by Otomo No Sakanoue No Iratsume) I haven&#82…

千鳥鳴く　佐保(ｻﾎ)の川門(ｶﾜﾄ)の　瀬を広み　打橋(ｳﾁﾊｼ)渡す　汝(ﾅ)が来(ｸ)と思(ｵﾓ)へば I will build a bridge across the birds singing Sahogawa…

佐保川(ｻﾎｶﾞﾊ)の　小石踏み渡り　ぬばたまの　黒馬(ｸﾛﾏ)の来夜(ｸﾖ)は　年(ﾄｼ)にもあらぬか 大伴郎女(ｵﾎﾄﾓﾉｻｶｳﾍﾉｲﾗﾂﾒ) I wish the night would last forever,…

来(ｺ)むと言ふも　来(ｺ)ぬ時あるを　来(ｺ)じと言ふを　来(ｺ)むとは待たじ　来(ｺ)じと言ふものを Often you say you will come, but don’t. Then why do…