Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 51

Left

雁がねは風をさむみやはたおりめくだまく音のきりきりとする

kari ga ne wa
kaze o samumi ya
hataorime
kuda maku oto no
kirikiri to suru
Is it the goose cries that
Chill the wind so?
The Weaver Maid
Shuttling the weft makes
A clattering sound.

100

Right

うゑしとき花まちどほにありし菊うつろふ秋にあはんとやみし

ueshi toki
hana machidō ni
arishi kiku
utsurou aki ni
awamu to ya mishi
From planting time
Did I eagerly await
These chrysanthemums here:
That they would fade with autumn’s passing
Did I think it then…

Ōe no Chisato

101[1]


[1] Kokinshū V: 271/Shinsen man’yōshū 351/Kokin rokujō VI: 3753

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