On wind.
萩の花咲きたる野辺にひぐらしの鳴くなるなへに秋の風吹く
| pagi no pana sakitaru nobe ni pigurasi no nakunaru nape ni aki no kaze puku |
Bush clover blooms Flowering in the fields where While the evening cicadas Sing Blows the autumn wind. |
Anonymous
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MYS VII: 1364
On blossom.
見まく欲り恋ひつつ待ちし秋萩は花のみ咲きてならずかもあらむ
| mimakupori koitutu matisi aki pagi pa pana nomi sakite narazu kamo aramu |
Longing to see, and Yearning have I awaited The autumn bush clover: In flower only does it bloom – Will no more come of it that that… |
Anonymous
MYS VIII: 1600
[One of] two poems by Palace Attendant Ishikawa no Hironari.
妻恋ひに鹿鳴く山辺の秋萩は露霜寒み盛り過ぎゆく
| tumagopi ni sika naku yamabe no aki pagi pa tuyu simo samumi sakarisugiyuku |
Loving his bride A stag cries on the mountains’ edge where The autumn bush clover Chill with dew Has passed its best. |
Ishikawa no Hironari
石川広成
Love VII: 26
Left.
人心緒絶えの橋に立かへり木の葉降りしく秋の通ひ路
| hito kokoro odae no hashi ni tachikaeri ko no ha furishiku aki no kayoiji |
Our hearts On the broken bridge at Odae Do stand; Fallen leaves swept along The autumn paths back and forth… |
Lord Sada’ie.
1011
Right.
思はずに緒絶えの橋と成ぬれどなを人知れず戀わたるかな
| omowazu ni odae no hashi to narinuredo nao hito shirezu koi watarukana |
Unthinkingly To the broken bridge of Odae Have we come, yet Still, unknown to all, Might our love make a crossing? |
Lord Tsune’ie.
1012
The Gentlemen of the Right state: we wonder about the purpose of ‘fallen leaves swept along’ (ko no ha furishiku) in the Left’s poem. The Gentlemen of the Left state: the Right’s poem is pedestrian.
In judgement: Both the poems of the Left and of the Right use ‘bridge of Odae’ (odae no hashi) which is tasteful. The Left’s ‘fallen leaves swept along’ must be following Ise Monogatari. The gentlemen of the Right must surely be pretending ignorance! The poem of the Right, too, has an elegant total configuration, but ‘unknown to all’ (hito shirezu) is at odds with the emotional overtones. Thus the Left’s ‘fallen leaves swept along the autumn paths back and forth’ is better. I make it the winner.
Dairi no kiku awase 18
秋果てて冬はとなりになりぬとて飽かねば菊を匂ひくはふる
| aki Fatete Fuyu Fa tonari ni narinu tote akaneba kiku wo nioFi kuFaFuru |
Autumn is done, and Winter is close At hand, they say; When I am left wanting more, the chrysanthemums’ Scent grows thicker. |
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Sanboku kikashū VII: 1026
秋返へすさや田に立てる稲草の根ごとにも身を恨みつるかな
| aki kaFesu saya ta ni tateru inakusa no ne goto ni mo mi wo uramituru kana |
Autumn bends back, Standing rustling in the paddies The rice-stems – Every root embedded With my despite! |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼
Horikawa hyakushu 716
秋深み物哀れなる黄昏に小倉の山に鹿ぞ鳴くなる
| aki Fukami mono’aFare naru tasogare ni wogura no yama ni sika zo nakunaru |
The depths of autumn Are melancholy At dusk Upon Ogura Mountain The stags are crying. |
Ei’en
永縁
Saigū no nyōgo-shū 15
秋の日のあやしきほどの黄昏に荻吹く風の音ぞ聞ゆる
| aki no Fi no ayasiki Fodo no tasogare ni wogi Fuku kaze no oto zo kikoyuru |
Autumn days Are most eerie At dusk, when The sound of wind blowing o’er the silver-grass Is all I hear… |
Bunji ni nen uta’awase 94
心すむ尾上の松の風にまた鹿の音たぐふ秋の夕暮
| kokoro sumu onoe no matsu no kaze ni mata shika no ne taguu aki no yūgure |
Across the enlightened Pines of Onoe The wind, once more Resembles a stag’s cry On an autumn evening. |
Shige’ie-shū 81
宮城野のもとあらの萩の下晴れて露も曇らぬ秋の夜の月
| miyagino no motoara no Fagi no sita Farete tuyu mo kumoranu aki no yo no tsuki |
On Miyagi plain The speckled bush clover is Clear beneath, The dew unclouded On an autumn night of moonlight. |
Minamoto no Shige’ie
源重家