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Hyakunin Isshu: poem 54 (Mother of the Honorary Grand Minister・wasureji no)

My fear is that you will forget your promise to never forget me, so I would prefer to die now while I am still happy. 

Hyakunin Isshu: poem 6 (Ōtomo no Yakamochi・kasasagi no)

When the frosty* bridge of magpie feather comes into sight, the night is nearly past. 

Hyakunin Isshu: poem 4 (Yamabe no Akahito・tago no ura ni)

No matter where I stand on the shores of Tago, I can look up and see white snow, it keeps falling on the cap of Mount Fuji. 

Hyakunin Isshu: poem 89 (Imperial Princess Shokushi [Shikishi]・tama no wo yo)

Nothing can be worse than living a moment longer when I cannot bear growing any weaker than I already have.

Hyakunin Isshu: poem 57 (Murasaki Shikibu・meguriaite)

Long last we meet, only for you to leave hurriedly, so I could not recognise you, like the moon hidden behind the clouds. 1

Hyakunin Isshu: poem 2 (Empress Regnant Jitō・haru sugite)

So spring ends and summer comes, now white robes hang to dry on Mount Amanokagu.

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.