TofM poems

sources of poems in

The Tale of Murasaki

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

Chifuru

Chifuru

Chifuru

Night of

Night of

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

Night of

Morning Glory

Morning Glory

Chifuru

Ruri

Ruri

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

New Year

Travel

Travel

Travel

Travel

Bright Country

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

Heart Piercing

Heart Piercing

Heart Piercing

Heart Piercing

Heart Piercing

Heart Piercing

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

Bright Country

Tales of China

Exile

Clear Day

Clear Day

Clear Day

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