From the Poetry Contest held by the Empress Dowager during the reign of the Kanpyō emperor.
浦近く立つ秋霧は藻塩焼く煙とのみぞ見えわたりける
| ura tikaku tatu akigiri Fa mosiFo yaku kemuri to nomi zo miewatarikeru | Close by the bay Rising autumn mist, as Seaweed salt burning Smoke simply Appears everywere. |
Anonymous
Ivy
秋霧の竜田の紅葉色深く時雨染めてやはひもさすらん
| akigiri no tatsuta no momiji iro fukaku shigure somete ya hai mo sasuran | In the autumn mists At Tatsuta are the ivy’s scarlet: Hues, deeply By the showers stained? Trailing, does it seem to stretch. |
Daishin,Lady-in-Waiting from the Rokujō Palace
六条院女房大進
秋霧は立たずもあらなむ佐保山の柞の紅葉よそながら見む
| akigiri Fa tatazu mo aranamu saFoyama no FaFaso no momidi yoso nagara mimu |
The autumn mists Seem not to arise On Saho Mountain The oaks’ yellow leaves In the distance I do see! |
Sent with some journey clothes to someone going into the country.
秋ぎりのたつたびごろもをきて見よつゆばかりなるかたみなりとも
| akigiri no tatsu tabigoromo okite miyo tsuyu bakari naru katami nari tomo |
The Autumn mists Depart, as do you; these journey clothes Try on! Though a little dewfall alone Shall be our keepsake. |
Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu
Composed on the spirit of parting as part of a hundred poem sequence.
秋霧の立ち別れぬる君により晴れぬ思ひにまどひぬるかな
| akigiri no tati wakarenuru kimi ni yori Farenu omoFi ni madoFinuru kana |
The Autumn mists, Rising as you departed, For your sake Amidst clouded thought I have lost my way, I feel. |
Fujiwara no Mototoshi