#senzaishu

[notshonagon]

In Naniwa Inlet, in seaweed buried precious jewels emerge – if only I may love you so.

– Minamoto no Toshiyori (Shunrai)

なにはえのもにうづもるるたまがしはあらはれてだに人をこひばや Naniwa e no mo ni uzumoruru tamagashiwa arawarete dani hito o koibaya

Poem 641 in Senzaishū (Collection of a Thousand Years; 1188), where it is included in Book XI, the first of five books dedicated to love poetry. Translation is my own.

[notshonagon]

What shall I do then? By eight islands of Muro no Yashima I wish to dwell.  For the smoke of my love with the sky to merge.

– Fujiwara no Shunzei

いかにせむむろのやしまにやどもがなこひのけぶりをそらにまがへむ Ikani semu Muro no yashima ni yado mogana koi no keburi o sora ni magaemu

Poem 703 in Senzaishū (Collection of a Thousand Years; 1188), where it is included in Book XI, the first of five books dedicated to love poetry. Translation is my own.