Maidenflowers
Left
あきかぜはふかずもあらなむをみなへししるもしらぬもおもふこころは
akikaze wa
fukazu mo aranamu
ominaeshi
shiru mo shiranu mo
omou kokoro wa | Even should the autumn breeze
Fail to blow,
O, maidenflower, still
Those who know you and know you not,
Would hold you in their hearts… |
Taira no Yasū
5
Right (Win)
をみなへしおひたるのべにふきかかるあきののかぜにみをやそへまし
ominaeshi
oitaru nobe ni
fukikakaru
aki no nokaze ni
mi o ya soemashi | Maidenflowers
Growing in the meadows
Brushed by the blowing
Autumn wind o’er the fields—
O, how I wish it trailed over me, too… |
Tomo no Tadanori
(or in some texts Toshizane)
6
春といひ夏とすぐして秋風の吹上のはまに冬はきにけり
haru to ii
natsu to sugushite
akikaze no
fukiage no hama ni
fuyu wa kinikeri | Spring, they say, then
Spend the summer where
The autumn breeze
Blows up the sand on Fukiage Beach—
Winter has come. |
From among my autumn poems
玉だれのこすのひまもる秋風はいもこひしらに身にぞしみける
tamadare no
kosu no hima moru
akikaze wa
imo koishira ni
mi ni zo shimikeru | Through my blinds’
Gaps damply drifts
The autumn breeze, making
My love for my darling girl
Pierce my flesh more deeply… |
Composed when I had gone hawking to a place called Togami Plain, and saw orchids blooming before a ruined hut.
秋風になににほふらん藤ばかまぬしはふりにしやどとしらずや
akikaze ni
nani niouran
fujibakama
nushi wa furinishi
yado to shirazu ya | In the autumn breeze,
Why do they shine so bright?
Do the purple petals, that
The master of this ancient
Dwelling is no more, not know? |
On seeing silver grass in the grounds at dawn.
朝ぼらけ荻のうへふく秋風にしたばおしなみ露ぞこぼるる
asaborake
ogi no ue fuku
akikaze ni
shitaba oshinami
tsuyu zo koboruru | Just as dawn is breaking
Over the silver grass blows
The autumn breeze—
All pressed down together, the lower fronds
Shed dewdrops. |
秋風に夜のふけゆけば久かたの天のかはらに月かたぶきぬ
akikaze ni
yo no fukeyukeba
hisakata no
ama no kawara ni
tsuki katabukinu | With the autumn breeze
The night wears on, so
Toward eternal
Heaven’s riverside
The moon is setting. |
夕されば秋風すずしたなばたの天のはごろもたちやかふらん
yū sareba
akikaze suzushi
tanabata no
ama no hagoromo
tachi ya kauran | When the evening comes
The autumn breeze is cool—
Will the Weaver Maid
Her heavenly robe of gossamer
Arise to change, I wonder? |
Round Twelve
Left (Tie)
秋風の吹くときくより七夕はこころのうちやすずしかるらん
akikaze no
fuku to kiku yori
tanabata wa
kokoro no uchi ya
suzushikaruran | Since the autumn breeze’s
Blowing she has heard,
The Weaver Maid
Surely within her heart
Feels a pleasant cool! |
Suketaka
23
Right
七夕のまちつる程の久しさにはかなくあくる空をかへばや
tanabata no
machitsuru hodo no
hisashisa ni
hakanaku akuru
sora o kaeba ya | The Weaver Maid
Her waiting time’s
Eternity for
The briefly brightening
Sky would wish to change… |
Moromitsu
24
Topic unknown.
秋かぜになびくあさぢのすゑごとにおくしら露のあはれ世中
akikaze ni
nabiku asaji no
sue goto ni
oku shiratsuyu no
aware yo no naka | In the autumn breeze
The cogon grass trails back and forth;
On every single frond
Drop silver dewdrops—
So sad is this mundane world of ours. |
Semimaru
Created with Soan.
On plucking the zither, playing the flute, and enjoying herself somewhere.
聞く人のみみさへさむく秋風に吹きあはせたる笛のこゑかな
kiku hito no
mimi sae samuku
akikaze ni
fukiawasetaru
fue no koe kana | The folk listening
Have even had their ear chilled
By the autumn breeze
Blowing to them together with
The flute’s notes! |
Izumi Shikibu (?-976?)
和泉式部
'Simply moving and elegant'
