Composed on the conception of being buried in frosty fallen leaves.
落ちつもる庭の木の葉を夜のほどにはらひてけりと見する朝霜
otitumoru niwa no ko no Fa wo yo no hodo ni FaraFitekeri to misuru asasimo | Fallen, piled high at My estate, the leaves from the trees Within the space of a single night Have been swept away, It seems, by the morning frost. |
Anonymous
Composed on the conception of leaves falling in the rain.
木の葉散る宿は聞き分くかたぞなき時雨する夜も時雨せぬ夜も
ko no Fa chiru yado Fa kikiwaku kata zo naki siguresuru yo mo siguresenu yo mo | Leaves falling from the trees At my house: listening, I Have no way to tell between Nights when showers fall, and Nights when showers fall not… |
Minamoto no Yorizane
A poem from Hitachi.
つくばねの峰のもみぢ葉落ちつもり知るも知らぬもなべてかなしも
tukubane no mine no momidiba otitumori siru mo siranu mo nabete kanasi mo | On Tsukuba Mountain’s High peak, the scarlet leaves Have fallen, piled high Knowing it, or knowing not All is sad, just the same. |
Anonymous
しぐれの雨木の葉ばかりを染めくればかづきし袖は色もかはらず
shigure no ame ko no ha bakari o somekureba kazukishi sode wa iro mo kawarazu | Showers of rain Simply, the trees’ leaves Do dye, so My drenched sleeves Hue remains unchanged. |
Ryūgen
木の葉のみちるかとおもひし時雨には涙もあへぬ物にぞ有りける
ko no ha nomi chiru ka to omoishi shigure ni wa namida mo aenu mono ni zo arikeru | ‘Do the trees’ leaves simply Fall?’ I wondered; The showers Fail to match my tears At the thought. |
Toshiyori
Topic unknown.
神な月時雨とともにかみなびのもりのこのははふりにこそふれ
kaminazuki shigure to tomo ni kaminabi no mori no ko no ha wa furini koso fure | In the Godless Month Together with the showers In the sacred Groves the leaves from the trees Have truly fallen, every one. |
Anonymous
Composed on plovers.
沖つ潮指出の磯の浜千鳥風寒からし夜半に友呼ぶ
oki tsu shio sashide no iso no hama chidori kaze samukarashi yowa ni tomo yobu | From the offing the tides Strike the shore at Sashide; On the beach plovers, Chilled by the wind Call for their mates at midnight. |
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor [Fujiwara no] Nagakata (1139-1191)
藤原長方
Topic unknown.
あしがものさわぐ入江の白浪のしらずや人をかくこひむとは
asigamo no sawagu irie no siranami no sirazu ya Fito wo kaku koFimu to Fa | Among the reed-beds ducks Cry noisily with the inlet washed By whitecaps: I never expected that I would love her so… |
Anonymous
Topic unknown
冬の池の鴨のうはげにおくしものきえて物思ふころにもあるかな
Fuyu no ike no kamo no uFage ni oku simo no kiete mono’omoFu koro ni mo aru kana | At a pond in winter Upon the ducks’ down Falls frost; it Vanishes and gloom Takes all my time! |
Anonymous
A poem by Prince Yuhara, when he was in Yoshino.
吉野なる菜摘の川の川淀に鴨ぞ鳴くなる山蔭にして
yosino naru natumi no kapa no kapa yodo ni kamo zo nakunaru yama kage ni site | In Yoshino From the River Natsumi’s Deep, still pools The ducks cry In the mountains’ shade. |
Prince Yuhara
'Simply moving and elegant'