Reality, within the depths of night
Has no more substance than the lucent dream
- Kokinshu 647

Joy and sorrow are very much the same
The tears for one are as tears for the other
- Gosenshu 1189

Black was my hair, and now it is white and whiter
Like snows that wait for their comrades to return
- Ki no Tsurayuki
Gosenshu 472

In a world where no-one can be sure of the morrow,
I grieve for him who did not live out the day
- Ki no Tsurayuki
Kokinshu 838

I do not know the road down which I go
And tears block off the unknown way ahead
- Minamoto Wataru
Gosenshu 1334

Autumn nights are long?
The company has made them long or short
- Oshikochi Mitsune
Kokinshu 636

I cannot say yes, I cannot say no; how sad
That my self cannot go where my heart would lead it
- Ise
Gosenshu 938

We may be sure that the cherries will come again
If we wish to see them we have but to stay alive
- Kokinshu 97