我が大君(ｵﾎｷﾐ)　まのな思ほし　皇神(ｽﾒｶﾐ)の　継ぎて賜へる　我がなけなくに Oh, Empress, don’t bother. It’s not that I am not endow…

勢能山(ｾﾉﾔﾏ)を越ゆる時に、阿閉皇女(ｱﾍﾉﾋﾒﾐｺ)の作らす歌 これやこの　大和(ﾔﾏﾄ)にしては　我(ｱ)が恋ふる　紀路(ｷﾁﾞ)にありといふ　名に負(ｦ)ふ背の山(ｾﾉﾔﾏ) 阿閉皇女 (元明天皇) (現代語訳…

我(ﾜ)が背子(ｾｺ)と　二人見ませば　いくばくか　この降る雪の　嬉(ｳﾚ)しからまし How much could I be happier,  If I could see the falling snow with…

この里は　継(ﾂ)ぎて霜や置く　夏の野に　我が見し草は　もみちたりけり I wonder if it would continue frosting this country. The grass I saw in th…

四(ﾖ)つの舟(ﾌﾈ)　はや帰り来(ｺ)と　しらか付け　朕(ﾜ)が裳(ﾓ)の裾(ｽｿ)に　斎(ｲﾊ)ひて待たむ So the four ships will return early,  Putting white on…

大船にま　ま梶(ｶﾁﾞ)しじ貫(ﾇ)き　この我子(ｱｺﾞ)を　唐国(ｶﾗｸﾆ)へ遣(ﾔ)る　斎(ｲﾊ)へ神たち On a large boat equipped with many helms, I will send …

人目守(ﾓ)る　君がまにまに　我(ﾜﾚ)さへに　早く起きつつ　裳(ﾓ)の裾濡(ｽｿﾈ)れぬ As you are so worried about the eyes of others, I woke up early …

秋付(ｱｷﾂﾞ)けば　尾花(ｦﾊﾞﾅ)が上(ｳﾍ)に　置く露の　消(ｹ)ぬべくも我(ｱ)は　思ほゆるかも When autumn comes, I feel like I would ephemerally disapp…

我が背子(ｾｺ)を　いづち行かめと　さき竹の　そがひに寝(ﾈ)しく　今し悔(ｸﾔ)しも I used to sleep turning my back on my husband like split bamboo, I…

我(ﾜ)が名はも　千名(ﾁﾅ)の五百名(ｲﾎﾅ)に　立ちぬとも　君が名立たば　惜(ｦ)しみこそ泣け I don’t care about my gossip of love affair, however n…