10. 　This is literally Ousaka Barrier, where, both acquaintances and strangers,
         leaving and coming back, meet and part from each other.
                                                                          Semimaru

「これやこの　行くも帰るも　別れては　知るも知らぬも　あふ坂の関」

 
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　蝉丸

  

                                  

                          Kore ya kono Yuku mo kaeru mo Wakare te wa

                           Shiru mo shira nu mo Ousaka no seki

                                                  Semimaru

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9. My figure has declined in grace while I was lost in thought of love and variety of things in the world, as well as the color of cherry blossoms has faded while I was lost in thought to no purpose with this long rain.

                                                                           Ono no Koamachi

 「花の色は 　移りにけりな いたづらに 　我身世にふる 　ながめせしまに」

                                                                
                                                                               小野小町
              

                 
                                   Hana no iro wa Utsuri ni keri na Itazurani
                                    Waga mi yo ni furu Nagame se shi ma ni
                                                            
                                                  Ono no Koamachi



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8.　My hermitage is in the southeast of the capital, where I live quietly like this,
　　　but people call it Mt. Uji for the life escaping from this world, taking it bitter.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Kisen Hoshi

「わが庵は　都のたつみ　しかぞ住む　世を宇治山と　人は言うなり」　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

                                                                                                           喜撰法師
　　

 

 

Wa ga iwo wa Miyako no tatsumi Shika zo sumu

                                                 Yo wo Ujiyama to Hito wa iu nari

 

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7.　Looking up at the sky, the moon is out, which used to be on Mt. Mikasa in my hometown.
　 Oh, I miss it!　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Abe no Nakamaro


  「　天の原　ふりさけ見れば　春日なる　三笠の山に　出でし月かも　」

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　安倍仲麿

 

Amanohara Furisake mire ba Kasuga naru
Mikasano-yama ni Ide shi tsuki kamo

 

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6. It has grown so late at night, seeing the frost on the bridge in the imperial Court, the legendary bridge magpie spans the Milky Way, brightening whitely.


「　かささぎの　渡せる橋に　おく霜の　白きを見れば　夜ぞ更けにける　」
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　中納言家持

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

 

Kasasagi no Watase ru hashi ni Oku shimo no

                                                Shiroki wo mire ba Yo zo fuke ni keru

                                                              Chunagon Yakamochi

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5.　How lonely autumn is when a deer calls his wife plodding on the ground covered with maple leaves in the mountains.

 

「　奥山に　紅葉踏み分け　鳴く鹿の　声聞く時ぞ　秋は悲しき　」
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　猿丸大夫

 

Okuyama ni Momiji fumiwake Naku shika no

                                                  Koe kiku toki zo Aki wa kanashiki

                                                             Sarumaru Dayu

 

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4.　When I came to Tagonoura, I got moved to see the white high peak of Mt. Fuji being covered and covered with snow.

「　田子の浦に　うち出でてみれば　白妙の　富士の高嶺に　雪は降りつつ　」
                                                   山辺赤人

 

Tagonoura ni Uchiide te mire ba Shirotae no
Fuji no takane ni Yuki wa furi tsutsu

   Yamabe no Akahito