Original
もみぢばのちりかふこまのあまたあるをいづれにのりてあきをとどめむ
momijiba no
chirikau koma no
amata aru o
izure ni norite
aki o todomemu | Scarlet leaves
Scatter becoming mounts
So many, but
Which one should I ride
To hold the autumn here? |
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Left
このはちるこのはのこまははやくともあきのかげにはいかがまさらむ
ko no ha chiru
ko no ha no koma wa
hayaku tomo
aki no kage ni wa
ikaga masaramu | Leaves from the trees scatter,
Leaves from the trees as a mount
Are swift, yet
Why is the autumn shade
Still spectacular? |
49
Right
ゆくあきをとどむるこまのおそければかぜこそさきにまづさそひけれ
yuku aki o
todomuru koma no
osokereba
kaze koso saki ni
mazu sasoikere | Departing autumn
To hold here was the mount
Late arriving, so
The wind got in ahead and
Made the first invitation! |
50
Original
ひとりぬるよをながづきのはなすすきそよともあきのかぜぞこたふる
hitori nuru
yo o nagazuki no
hanasusuki
soyo to mo aki no
kaze zo kotauru | Sleeping alone,
How long the night in the Longest Month:
The blossoming silver grass
Whispers, ‘So it is,’ with the autumn
Wind replying! |
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Left
こたふともたのまざらなむはなすすきふくあきかぜのさだめなければ
kotau tomo
tanomazaranamu
hanasusuki
fuku akikaze no
sadame nakereba | It may reply, but
I would not have you trust, for
The blossoming silver grass
Blowing in the autumn wind is
Fickle, indeed… |
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Right
そよとだにしりてこたふるかぜしあらばなにかながきよおもひわぶらん
soyo to dani
shirite kotauru
kaze shi araba
nanika nagaki yo
omoiwaburan | If, ‘So it is,’
You know and reply,
O, wind, then
Why, all the long night through
Do my thoughts torment me so? |
47
Original
おとにのみききわたりつるあきのよのながさをひとりねてぞしりぬる
oto ni nomi
kikiwataritsuru
aki no yo no
nagasa o hitori
nete zo shirinuru | By word alone
Had I heard of
Autumn nights’
Length, but alone and
Sleeping did I understand it! |
42
Left (Win)
あきのよのながきにそへてねざめつつつきせぬものをおもふころかな
aki no yo no
nagaki ni soete
nezametsutsu
tsukisenu mono o
omou koro kana | To an autumn night’s
Length, add
Being awake, then
Inexhaustible is the gloom
Filling your thoughts! |
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Right
ひとりねであかぬときにもあきのよのながきこころをしらぬものかは
hitori nede
akanu toki ni mo
aki no yo no
nagaki kokoro o
shiranu mono ka wa | Sleepless alone
When unsatisfied, too,
An autumn night’s
Length, the heart
Knows well, doesn’t it! |
44
Original
ちらねどもかねてぞをしきもみぢばはけふをかぎりのいろとみつれば
chiranedomo
kanete zo oshiki
momijiba wa
kyō o kagiri no
iro to mitsureba | They have yet to scatter, but
Already, I regret
The scarlet leaves, for
Today is the utmost
Extent of their hues… |
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Left (Win)
あきふかきやまのもみぢもあるものをいまはのいろとおもはざらなむ
aki fukaki
yama no momiji mo
aru mono o
ima wa no iro to
omowazaranamu | Though in the depths of autumn
The mountains’ scarlet leaves
Are fair,
On their hues now
I would not have you dwell… |
40
Right
かぎりなきいろはためしにをしけれどえだにもみぢはとまりげもなし
kagiri naki
iro wa tameshi ni
oshikeredo
eda ni momiji wa
tomarige mo nashi | Limitlessly fair
Hues have there been before, and
Regrets, yet
The scarlet leaves upon the boughs
Show no signs of lingering… |
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Original
ゆくあきをまねくをばなのたもとにはつゆもおきあへずのどけからねば
yuku aki o
maneku obana no
tamoto ni wa
tsuyu mo oki’aezu
nodokekaraneba | Departing autumn
Beckoning, upon the silver grass
Sleeves
The dew cannot fall,
For tranquil they are not… |
36
Left
まねくにしあきのとまらぬものならばをばなのそでやせばくなりなん
maneku ni shi
aki no tomaranu
mono naraba
obana no sode ya
sebaku narinan | They may beckon, but
Autumn will not linger,
So,
The silver grass sleeves
Narrow will become… |
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Right
まねけどもとまらぬあきをはなすすきほにいでてしかをなきてしたはむ
manekedomo
tomaranu aki o
hanasusuki
ho ni idete shika o
nakite shitawamu | They beckon, yet
Autumn does not linger for
The silver grass,
Bursting into bloom, as the stags
Cry out, as I would, too… |
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Original
ゆくあきをまねくをばなのたもとにはつゆもおきあへずのどけからねば
yuku aki o
maneku obana no
tamoto ni wa
tsuyu mo oki’aezu
nodokekaraneba | Departing autumn
Beckoning, upon the silver grass
Sleeves
The dew cannot fall,
For tranquil they are not… |
36
Left
まねくにしあきのとまらぬものならばをばなのそでやせばくなりなん
maneku ni shi
aki no tomaranu
mono naraba
obana no sode ya
sebaku narinan | They may beckon, but
Autumn will not linger,
So,
The silver grass sleeves
Narrow will become… |
37
Right
まねけどもとまらぬあきをはなすすきほにいでてしかをなきてしたはむ
manekedomo
tomaranu aki o
hanasusuki
ho ni idete shika o
nakite shitawamu | They beckon, yet
Autumn does not linger for
The silver grass,
Bursting into bloom, as the stags
Cry out, as I would, too… |
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Original
あきかぜはくものうへまでふきのぼれつきのかつらのちりちらずみむ
akikaze wa
kumo no ue made
fukinobore
tsuki no katsura no
chiri chirazu mimu | O, autumn wind
Above the clouds
Blow high!
For the silver trees upon the moon
I would see scatter, or scatter not! |
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Left (Win)
くものうへにかぜはふかせじもみぢばをつきのうちだにちらさでをみむ
kumo no ue ni
kaze wa fukaseji
momijiba o
tsuki no uchi dani
chirasade o mimu | Above the clouds
The wind will not blow, I hope!
For even the scarlet leaves
Beneath the moon
Unscattered I would behold… |
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Right
そらながらあまのかはかぜさむければつきのかつらはとまりしもせじ
sora nagara
ama no kawakaze
samukereba
tsuki no katsura wa
tomarishi mo seji | Within the skies
The wind o’er Heaven’s river
Is chill, so
The silver trees upon the moon
Will not have lingered, I think. |
35
Original
もみぢばはきりのたつにもちりけるをかぜをかたなとおもひけるかな
momijiba wa
kiri no tatsu ni mo
chirikeru o
kaze o katana to
omoikeru kana | The scarlet leaves with
The rising mists
Do scatter—
The wind a sword
Truly does seem! |
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Left
もみぢばはあきのかぜこそさそひけれきりのなきなをたつぞあやしき
momijiba wa
aki no kaze koso
sasoikere
kiri no nakina o
tatsu zo ayashiki | The scarlet leaves
By the winds of autumn, truly,
Are invited;
That baseless rumours of the mists
Arise is strange, indeed! |
31
Right
からにしきかぜのたつらんもみぢばはきりのたつにもおくれざりけり
karanishiki
kaze no tatsuran
momijiba wa
kiri no tatsu ni mo
okurezarikeri | Cathay brocade
The rising wind seeming to shear
Scarlet leaves,
Even the rising of the mists
Will not delay it.¯ |
32
Original
あきやまにこころをのみもいるるかなもみぢのいろのふかきまにまに
akiyama ni
kokoro o nomi mo
iruru kana
momiji no iro no
fukaki manimani | By the autumn mountains
My heart, too, is simply
Drawn within!
While the hues of scarlet leaves
Are so deep… |
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Left
あきやまにいらんこころはなごりなくひとにやみえむもみぢちりなば
akiyama ni
iran kokoro wa
nagori naku
hito ni yamiemu
momiji chirinaba | By the autumn mountains
Drawn—such a heart
Might leave no trace
And such a one might cease to be,
Should the scarlet leaves all scatter… |
28
Right
もみぢするあきにこころのいるひとやあだなることをまづはしるらむ
momijisuru
aki ni kokoro no
iru hito ya
adanaru koto o
mazu wa shiruramu | Scarlet the leaves turn
In autumn—one with a heart
So drawn, that
‘Tis fleeting
Should know first of all! |
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Original
しぐれふりもみぢのみするやまざとはすみしひとさへうつろひにけり
shigure furi
momiji nomi suru
yamazato wa
sumishi hito sae
utsuroinikeri | With the falling showers
Scarlet do the leaves simply turn
At this mountain retreat,
Even folk who dwelled there
Have faded away. |
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Left
しぐれふるもみぢのいろはかはれどもすむひとさへはうつらざりけり
shigure furu
momiji no iro wa
kawaredomo
sumu hito sae wa
utsurazarikeri | Falling showers
The scarlet leaves’ hues
Do change, yet
Folk there dwelling
Remain unfaded! |
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Right
すむひとのしぐれふりいでてうつろはばちらむもみぢをたれかをしまむ
sumu hito no
shigure furi’idete
utsurowaba
chiramu momiji o
tareka oshimamu | Should, folk there dwelling
With the falling showers
Fade away, then
The scattering of scarlet leaves
Who might be there to regret? |
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