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Hyakunin Isshu: poem 17 (Ariwara no Narihira・chihayaburu)

Impassionate gods have never seen crimson that lies in the Tatsuta River.

Hyakunin Isshu: poem 48 (Minamoto no Shigeyuki・kaze wo itami)

When winds send waves crashing against the rocks, I recall how my own efforts were in vain.

Hyakunin Isshu: poem 16 (Ariwara no Yukihira・tachiwakare)

Note that though we may be apart, if I am to hear that you pine for me as the Inaba mountain pines, I shall return to you.

Hyakunin Isshu: poem 46 (Sone no Yoshitada・yura no to wo)

Like a boatsman adrift at the mouth of Yura, I do not know where this love will take me.