Autumn
むぐらはふやどとはわかず秋は来て心づくしの月ぞもりくる
| mugura hau yado to wa wakazu aki wa kite kokorozukushi no tsuki zo morikuru | From a mugwort tangled House I am no different: Autumn has come and, Heart draining, The moon comes dripping through.[i] |
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[i] An allusive variation on: Topic unknown. このまよりもりくる月の影見れば心づくしの秋はきにけり ko no ma yori / morikuru tsuki no / kage mireba / kokorozukushi no / aki wa kinikeri ‘Between the trees / Drips moon / Light, seeing it I know / Heart draining / Autumn, has come at last.’ Anonymous (Kokinshū IV: 184)