Part of a hundred-poem sequence, composed on the spirit of the start of autumn.
いつしかとおぎの葉むけのかたよりにそゝや秋とぞ風もきこゆる
| itsushika to ogi no ha muke no kata yori ni sosoya aki to zo kaze mo kikoyuru |
All at once The reed leaves show Their other side – Just so! Just so! Autumn! Is in the wind. |
Retired Emperor Sutoku (1119-1164) (r. 1123-1141)