TofM poems

D Murasaki's Diary (Murasaki Shikibu Nikki)

C Murasaki's Collected Poems (Murasaki Shikibu-shû)

A Appendix (to the collected poems)

G The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari)

M Midaregami ("Tangled Hair," Akiko Yosano, early 20th

century)

TC Tales of China (Kara Monogatari)

IS Poems of Izumi Shikibu (Izumi Shikibu-shû)

* other Heian-era source

Tare ka yo

As life flows

Meguriaite

Chancing to meet

Nakiyowaru

As the song

Nishi no umi

Fretting

Nishi e yuku

Westward

Oborozukiyo

When the hazy

Uki mi yo

If I were

Tsuyu fukaku

Deep in the

Katako's Letter

Chifuru

Night of

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Arashi fuku

Raging in

Momijiba wo

Scarlet leaves

Nakiyowaru

As the song

Obotsukana

Uncertain if

Izure zo to

Where did it

Tsuyu shigeki

You come asking

Shimo kôri

Frosted stiffly

Yukazu tomo

Though it flows not

Night of

Morning Glory

Chifuru

Ruri

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Hototogisu koe

Hototogisu, as I

Haraedo no

Hallowed paper

Kita e yuku

Write to me

Yukimeguri

All who wend

Kakikumori

The clouds pile

Mio no umi ni

On the lake

Shirinuramu

Those who porter

Koko ni kaku

As I sit here

Furusato ni

If it were

Cuckoo

New Year

Travel

Bright Country

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Mashi no nao

Let’s call

Na ni takaki

Since getting

Isogakure

In the cove

Kokoro ate ni

I would guess

Tojitarishi

Long frozen

Kochikaze ni

Since it only

Iitaeba

You say “no more”

Takekarenu

I am not stalwart

Heart Piercing

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Oshioyama

If today

Kurokami no

Black hair

Asamashi ya

Is it so

Naniwagata

If only I could

Mizuumi ni

The plover cries

Yomo no umi ni

By the wide

Kurenai no

Blood-red tears

Hatsukari wa

First wild geese

Bright Country

Tales of China

Exile

Clear Day

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Naozari no

I hardly think

Naki hito no

He acts as if

Kotowari ya

I beg to differ

Mine samumi

The waters of

Orite miba

Now that you

Momo to iu

With the splendid

Hana to iwaba

Neither the cherry

Itaru yo no

Lost in the

Heart Piercing

Exorcism

Northern

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Wasururu wa

To be forgotten

Taga sato mo

He will come

Kejikakute

To become close

Hedateji to

You say “let

Uchishinobi

The remains

Shinonome no

The pink clouds

Oukata ni

To cross the

Ama no kawa

The meeting of

Heart Piercing

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Saoshika no

The hagi loves

Izukata no

I yearn to ask

Kumo no ue mo

Spring brings

Nani ka kono

How can it be

Yuugiri ni

The mandarin

Chiru hana wo

When he lamented

Mishi nito no

Since that evening

Yo no tomo

Since the beginning

Northern

Chifuru

Ink Black

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Kaerite wa

As they retreat

Taga sato no

What village

Tomo chidori

Dawn breaks

Miru hodo zo

For that brief

Orikara wo

There was a time

Oozara wo

Wizard who

Kienu ma no

I know, I know

Wakatake no

Although I can

Ink Black

Kerria

Mottled

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Kakitaete

The hagi loves

Kazu naranu

Fate in unmoved

Kokoro dani

Is there a fate

Mi no usa wa

I became entranced

Kuraki yori

Out of darkness

Uki koto wo

Distressed by

Tsurezure to

The days drag

Tojitarishi

Frozen behind

Mottled

Above Clouds

Above Cloud

Out of Dark

Pent-up

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Miyamabe no

When the breeze

Warinashi ya

Unbelievable

Shinobitsuru

Lest they be

Kyô wa kaku

Hidden away

Sukimono to

It has the reputation

Hito ni mada

How can anyone

Ominaeshi

When I behold

Shiratsuyu wa

The glistening

Pent-up

Maidenflower

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Miyoshino wa

Even Mt. Yoshino

Mumoregi no

You plum blossoms

Inishie no

The double petalled

Kokonoe ni

We follow the

Kamiyo ni wa

Was it thus

Ama no to mo

The door of heaven

Maki no to mo

My wooden door

Tae nari ya

How miraculously

Grass Under

Gathering

Moorhen

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Kagaribi no

The steady flares

Sumeru ike no

The brilliant flares

Kage mite mo

I look for my

Hitori ite

Are you alone

Nabete yo no

In this world

Nanigoto to

No matter what

Yomosugara

All night long

Tada naraji

The moorhen tapped

Moorhen

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Kiku no tsuyu

I have only

Mezurashiki

Wondrously

Kumori naki

Cloudlessly

Ominaeshi

Should I tarry

Mizutori wo

How can I

Kumo ma naku

I gaze at

Kotowari no

In this season

Irukata wa

The bright moon

Birth of

Full of Moonlight

Waterbirds

Ten Thousand

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Sashite yuku

As the moon

Ika ni ikaga

On the fiftieth

Ashitazu no

Had we the

Ukine seshi

We were like

Uchiharau

A lonely duck

Okarishi

Among the

Toshi kurete

The year draws

Aratamete

Freshly new

Ten Thousand

Our Little

Floating

Gosechi

The Close

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Tazuki naki

The sumo match

Idomu hito

There are many

Hanasusuki

Nestled in the

Ori ori ni

She used to spin

Shimogare no

The spider broods

Ne no hi

On the day

Oukata no

Think of me

Mezurashi to

If you truly

The Spider

The Small Pines

The Virgin

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Saraba kimi

Well then,

Koiwabite

I live each

Fureba kaku

thus it falls

Arishi yo wa

The way things were

Kumo no ue

You remember

Izuku to mo

Which way

Kokorozashi

It moves me

Okuyama no

More fragile

The Virgin

Uji

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Kureru ma no

My own life

Tare ka yo ni

As life flows

Naki hito wo

For how long

Yuki tsumoru

The snow piles

Yo no naka wo

Why do we suffer

Ware kakute

That I still

Mi wo nageshi

Though I flung

Kakiho are

The rough hedge

Uji

Katako

Lightning

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