ниже представлены несколько вака из сборника Кокинвакасю, начитанные сейю. это отрывки из
сейю: Накахара Шигеру, Иноуэ Кадзухико, Ишида Акира, Хоши Соичиро, Мики Шиничиро.
Fujiwara no Takamichi (seiyuu: Nakahara Shigeru)
waga koi wa
munashiki sora ni
michinurashi
omoiyaredomo
yuku kata mo nashi
(Kokin wakashuu, 229)
---
Tachibana no Tomomasa (seiyuu: Inoue Kazuhiko)
koi sureba
waga mi wa kage to
narinikeri
sari to te hito ni
sowanu mono yue
loving so deeply
my body has wasted to
a mere shadow yet
even this unsubstantial
likeness cannot cling to him
(Kokin wakashuu, 528)
---
Abe no Yasuaki (seiyuu: Ishida Akira)
sakurabana
chirinuru kaze no
nagori ni wa
mizu naki sora ni
nami zo tachikeru
(Kokin wakashuu, 85)
---
Eisen (seiyuu: Hoshi Souichirou)
sakura iro ni
koromo wa fukaku
somete kin
hana no chirinan
nochi no katami ni
I'll dye my summer
garments deeply with cherry
blossoms' fresh colour
and be cloaked in memories
of flower clusters when they're gone.
(Kokin wakashuu, 66, Ki ni Aritomo)
---
Minamoto no Yorihisa (seiyuu: Miki Shinichirou)
chirinureba
kouredo shirushi
naki mono wo
kyou koso sakura
oraba oriteme
if the blossoms were
all to fade and fall today
my longing would turn
to barren memory let
me pluck a keepsake now
(Kokin wakashuu, 64)