A poem written on a folding screen with paintings of the four seasons, created as a backdrop for the fortieth birthday celebrations of Lord Fujiwara, Major Captain of the Right, by the Principal Handmaid – Autumn.
秋くれど色もかはらぬときは山よそのもみぢを風ぞかしける
| aki kuredo iro mo kaFaranu tokiFayama yoso no momidi wo kaze zo kasikeru | Autumn has come, yet To the never changing hues on Evergreen Mountain Distant scarlet leaves The wind has lent! |
Sakanoe no Korenori
When composing a fifty-poem sequence for Cloistered Prince Shukaku.
紅葉ばのいろにまかせてときは木も風にうつろふ秋の山かな
| momijiba no iro ni makasete tokiwagi mo kaze ni utsurou aki no yama kana | To the scarlet leaves’ Hues entrusting their fate, The evergreens, too, Shift with the wind In the autumn mountains! |
Kintsugu, Supernumerary Master of the Crown Prince’s Household Office
Composed on karukaya, when he presented a hundred poem sequence during the reign of former Emperor Horikawa.
秋くればおもひみだるるかるかやのした葉や人の心なるらん
| aki kureba omoimidaruru karukaya no shitaba ya hito no kokoro naruran | When the autumn comes So confused are my thoughts— As the tangled tufts of grass Below are folk’s Feelings, I wonder? |
Major Counsellor Moroyori
大納言師頼
At around the same time [Kenpō 4 (1216)] in summer, an impromptu composition.
つくばねのしげきの木のまかげはあれど秋にはかはる夏の夜の月
| tsukubane no shigeki no ko no ma kage wa aredo aki ni wa kawaru natsu no yo no tsuki | On the peak of Tsukuba Between the trees so lush Shadows fall, yet In autumn ‘twill be different— The moon this summer night. |
Juntoku
On seeing the remaining scarlet leaves scattering.
| karanisiki eda ni Fitomura nokoreru Fa aki no katami wo tatanu narikeri | Cathay brocade In a single bunch upon the branch Remains: Autumn’s keepsake Is being rent away. |
Archbishop Henjō
Topic unknown.
あしびきの山のあなたにすむ人はまたでや秋の月をみるらん
| ashihiki no yama no anata ni sumu hito wa matade ya aki no tsuki o miruran | On the leg-wearying Mountains’ far side Folk dwell—I wonder Do they not have to wait for the autumn Moon to fill their gaze? |
Former Emperor Sanjō
From among his autumn poems.
秋の露やたもとにいたくむすぶらんながき夜あかずやどる月影
| aki no tsuyu ya tamoto ni itaku musuburan nagaki yo akazu yadoru tsukikage | Is it the autumn dewfall that Upon my sleeves so heavily Lies? This long night unending is The moonlight’s lodging… |
The Senior Retired Emperor
