Dairi kiku awase 04

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けふひきてくもゐにうつすきくのはなあまつほしとやあすからはみん

kyō hikite
kumoi ni utsusu
kiku no hana
ama tsu hoshi to ya
asu kara wa min
Today do I draw up,
Reflecting in the clouds,
Chrysanthemum blooms—
As stars within the heavens
Might they seem tomorrow?

Kanesuke
8

あたらしきものにざりけるかみなづきしぐれふりにしいろにはあれども

atarashiki
mono ni zarikeru
kaminazuki
shigure furinishi
iro ni wa aredomo
A new
Thing it is not:
In the Godless Month
Showers have fallen
Bringing their hues, and yet…

Kanesuke
9

ひとくさにさけばかひなしももしきにうつりてのちはいろかふなきみ

hitokusa ni
sakeba kainashi
momoshiki ni
utsurite nochi wa
iro kau na kimi
For a single flower
To bloom is pointless, but
When to the hundredfold palace
It is shifted,
It’s hues do change, indeed, my lord!

Korehira
10

うつろふとみゆるものからきくのはなさけりしえだぞかはらざりける

utsurou to
miyuru mono kara
kiku no hana
sakerishi eda zo
kawarazarikeru
A faded
Thing does it appear to be,
This chrysanthemum flower;
Branch where it did bloom
Is unchanged, indeed!

Tsurayuki
11

きくのはなこきもうすきもいままでにしものおかずばいろをみましや

kiku no hana
koki mo usuki mo
ima made ni
shimo no okazuba
iro o mimashi ya
If upon the chrysanthemum flowers,
Both deep and pale,
Up to this day
The frost had not fallen, then
Would I wish to see their hues?

Mitsune
12

はつしぐれふりそめしよりきくのはなこかりしえだぞまたそはりける

hatsu shigure
furisomemeshi yori
kiku no hana
kokarishi eda zo
mata sowarikeru
Since the first showers
Fell to dye
The chrysanthemum blooms
Deepened hues to the stems
Have been added more!

Mitsune
13

もとよりのいろにはあれどきくのはなかたへはうつすところがらかも

moto yori no
iro ni wa aredo
kiku no hana
katae wa utsusu
tokorogara kamo
From before
Had they their hues, yet
The chrysanthemum blooms
Shine in part—
That is their special strength, perhaps!

Mitsune
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